I'd like to start off and say I'm not a huge fan typically, nor particularly experienced, with Irish Whiskey. I tried this as a recommendation and I have mixed feelings. Nose: Vanilla, brown sugar, and wood. Very pronounced ethanol smell which was hard to get past. Flavor: Vanilla, butterscotch, toasted coconut, and tasted a lot like shortbread cookies. Reminds me of chessmen cookies. I really like the flavor but I'm having a hard time getting past the alcohol bite. Finish: Green apple, nuts, more shortbread, slight citrus peel. A little short though. Overall I really enjoyed the flavors but I think maybe this needs a couple more years of aging to take off some of the alcohol bite in the nose and flavor and to extend the finish. I'd worry that this would remove the flavors I did like of shortbread cookies and toasted coconut. Maybe I need to try Yellow Spot?