Nose: Red wine (sigh, it’s a Starward … again), ethanol, stewed mixed fruits, malt extract, golden syrup or molasses. Palate: What the🤔 it can't be 🤨arrrgh😖 how the 😶 I don't feel well🤕 help me 😢 oh lord 😟 errrrrrrrrrrgh 🤢pant … pant 🥴 wipes tears 😢 from eyes. Holy mother of mercy what was that. Excuse me while I go and call Herb on the porcelain telephone … 🤮 heeeeeeerrrrrb 🤮 heeeeeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrb 🤮 Finish: I honestly didn’t pay much attention. It probably lasts far too long. This was a sample generously (?) gifted by @DrRHCMadden, who I shall forgive only because in the same box he gifted me a sample of the angelic nectar that is Port Charlotte 2007 CC:01. This … substance … was apparently never released by Starward (NO – REALLY??? – YOU AMAZE ME, HOLMES) who instead bottled it for The Whisky Club. I presume they forced them to take it as part of a contractual agreement. The nose is deceptively agreeable and betrays no hint of the eldritch horrors awaiting in the murky depths of the palate. As soon as it hit my mouth I nearly gagged. It was like a mixture of golden syrup, burnt wood, tannin and new-make whisky. It gets worse as it remains in the mouth, eventually subsiding to a cloying, mouth-coating emulsion of mixed dried fruit and bitter syrup. Maple syrup cask indeed - harrumph 🤬 “Dreadful” : 57/100 (0.25 stars, 3 upchucks 🤮🤮🤮)