Neat Nose: Fruit cake, raisins, dried apricots, strong alcohol Palate: Sweet and spicy Body: Medium Visual: Tobacco After taste: Spiciness lingers after. Overall if drank neat one can experience its intense fruitiness and spiciness that lingers long after the drink. With water Nose: Banana, mellower rounder alcohol Palate: Sweet. Less spicy Body: Light Visual: Gold After taste: More balanced and rounded. Less intense. Overall if drank with water one can taste banana cake and more balanced rounded alcohol. Not too spicy