Color: deep deep carmel brown, looks amazing Nose: pear , cherry, bananna, hint of heat, just a bit of the cigar box wood, …awesome Taste neat : pow punch in the nose with the proof. Black oepper quick First taste tho is cherry cough syrup & licorish too intense neat fades very very slowly to a nice tobacco finish if youre patient Cube: still a bit too much, gets to just lots of wood mid-taste, mellows out a bit more over time, less intense but no new flavors. Enjoyable with the ice, but too much heat and cough syrup flavor without.