Look: Nice amber color, alcohol legs, lacing the whole shabang Nose: bananas, before I even get into the glass, I get bananas. Then a perfumey rye but also slightly rubbing alcohol. At one point it smelled like original old spice. Some more sweetness with swirling. The alcohol smell gives more of a fruit and nut combo. Palate: what a strange initial flavor, I’m not even sure what that is. Like a mix of banana nuts and dark fruits. As the whiskey sits on the tongue I get more if that perfume rye like flavors popping up and some oak. Then some more banana. Finish: Banana flavors with oak, medium bitterness and lingering flavor. Slight heat, nothing crazy. Overall: I can’t say I’m crazy over this whiskey, definitely more unique with the fruity aspects I’m getting and some nuttiness, but it just doesn’t sit right with me. With water: a little more spice on the nose with the bananas and alcohol dissipating, slight maple (maybe the power of suggestion). Palate is similar but less potent, the bitterness and alcohol presence gets sanded down giving that maple flavor. Worth trying, probably not a bottle purchase for the price it commands though.