NOSE: Without water (50% ABV) On very first impression, the faint odor of latex paint... like a freshly painted room (in a strangely comforting way). With water (down to around 43%) Sweet vanilla custard Fresh baked French baguette Browned butter Old-fashioned dry ginger ale Some distant gentle smoke, incense? Hints of nutmeg Mouth-watering PALATE: Unripe Anjou pear Sweet barley sugar Candle wax Slightly medicinal FINISH: Musty oak Bittering Slightly skunk-like at the very end (but again, in a strangely comforting way)! Dry Glass: simple malted barley.