Friend gave me a taste of this as a gag, and an excuse to get rid of some of his bottle. nose - I can't even start to explain it. It starts out like a young immature bourbon but then turns to down right rancid and putrid notes. taste - so figure rule is you HAVE to hold your nose on this one. You simply cannot force yourself to drink it if you can smell it, yes it smells that bad. OK so it opens up actually pretty sweet, I almost like it up front. It then sadly like the nose goes into these off putting chemical like notes. Weird malted flavors. While not a complete disaster, it's down right horrible over all. I'd give it a 1 star on the taste, it's drinkable. The nose however is so bad, you have to hold your breath to be around it. This is a classic rot gut gag whisky and should only be purchased as a joke to play on friends.