The color is a nice, autumn sunset of reddish and golden hues and I don't get much on the nose other than cinnamon, oak and a hint of (maybe) nutmeg. It doesn't smell bad or harsh, but I guess you could say that about most blended whisky. It starts off pleasant enough on the tongue, but a strange tinnish metallic bite takes over that abruptly ends anything good that should've come from this juice. There's an artificial cinnamon flavor that helps wash the tin away, but something about it does taste artificial- too sweet, perhaps. Almost like cinnamon imperial candies. The finish is quick and quite harsh for an aged, blended whisky. There's nothing really refined among the base whiskies uses for this blend, I think, and that's the biggest downfall here IMO. Better quality base products would easily bring this up a bit, maybe to Johnnie Walker Red level. I don't get much, if any, smoke either so there's nothing redeeming here. Maybe it would work better mixed with cola or ginger ale to spice it up and hide the tin metal harshness. Not a whisky for sipping neat for sure. If it's cheap then that's it's calling card- mix it up and tie on a buzz. That's it's purpose in life I suppose. Moving along...