Glad to have had to opportunity to purchase this bottle. Gladly cracking it after 2 long and shitty shifts #TGIFFORME. Tried neat. On the nares it smells sweet, fruity, and oaky with notes of cinnamon, vanilla, cherries, caramel, spice, pears, brown sugar, and peaches. On the palate its initially hot and spicy with notes of red hots, maraschino cherries, caramel, slight wood, vanilla, toast, char, cashews, almonds, slight cocoa bits, apple, vanilla cake. After a few more sips, and after 2 kentucky chews, it does get less hot, opens up, and not as numbing ha. This sh*t is delicious. Im going to come back to this on my next pour and add 3 drops of water and then a small ice cube after that. Very curious on how it will continue to open up!