It's fine, but doesn't stand up to the hype for me. i get a lot of ethanol smell from the glass (actually smelled better from the bottle then in the glass). Initial taste is decently smooth oak and burnt sugar. Then it gets decently hot and for a while the alcohol overpowers the flavors. Once the burn calms down I get left with a decent leftover. All said and done it isn't bad and good for sharing a dram with friends, but the middle isn't doing this any favors in my book.