This is an interesting experience- there is smoke right from the start, but it isn't intense. The rum character is present, but not overwhelming. It does, somewhat overpower the gentler malty notes, but you can find them if you look. There is a bit of molasses with a slight alcohol burn at the end. Definitely drinkable and it's different. Good, but not great - 3.6, current distiller score is pretty reasonable. I'll need to drink more to determine if I want to keep this on hand or not once this bottle is empty.