This is my current favorite Irish whiskey. Neat, it has a charming vanilla sweetness that doesn't break, and enchanting smoke note appears through the bloom, and this really caught me because it is smokey but not peaty, not ashy. Really enjoyed this neat and personally would not mix with it. If neat's not your thing, it can take 1/4-1/2 water without losing much of the smoke, but the vanilla and sweetness are slightly less forward in that stuation.