Taste: 2 oz neat in glen cairn, and then 3 drops water. Nose: (2.5) Ethanol, orange rinds and some burnt vanilla. There is a bitterness here that turns me off, but there is enough interest to make me want to keep on pushing to see where this goes. Palate: (2.25) Bitter orange rind here is what I strongly get. Water seems to make the bitterness worse. Tastes how an Old Fashioned would be if no sugar cubes or bar syrup were added, and it was overly dashed with orange bitters. There is no sweetness here whatsoever. Finsh: (2.25) The burn is raw with this one. I do get a bit of vanilla after the orange rind wears off but it tastes like immitation vanilla that you might use for baking. Also I get a bit of soapiness. Overall: Had so much excitement for this one that fell short. I was hoping for a sweet, rich, warming sipper that might be more of a dreamsicle. What I got was more like chewing on a bourbon soaked orange rind. The redeeming quality is that I think with a few sugar cubes (definately no bitters needed), some ice, and some luxardo cherries, this will be an out of the bottle, almost pre-made Old Fashioned...... but an expensive one at that. Walk away from this one.