This is my first overproof rum and if every other bottle out there smells and taste like this one, I'm turned off for overproof rum for the rest of my life. No one should call this aroma, but a stench. The first thing comes to mind is burning tires or rubber take your pick. Then through that highly chemical note, you get a big whiff of mashed garlic or even little off mashed garlic. Through the alcohol cloud there is a hint of mashed banana faintly. In the beginning of the flavor, it feels like licking the inside of a burnt tire and biting down on heavily charred oak. The dry note from the oak is so strong here. Seriously on the finish is a rotting wood notes or fermenting veggie notes. Supremely disappointing experience for a supposed 'six year old pot still' rum. I'd use it as a people repellant or a punishment tool for my worst enemy.