The nose is apple skins, cherry juice, buttery shortbread. Flowery and perfumed. The apple pops throughout. There is a metallic, citric quality on the tail end. Taste smacks of sticky, sweet honey, toffee and molasses. Morphs into maple about halfway through the sip. The buttery shortbread also pushes through, with a drop of vanilla, which adding a little water boosts. The stewed apple also breaks out with a few drops. Finish is mild oak, vanilla tobacco ash. Stone fruits: sugarplum and prune. There is a lingering ashy burn at the end. Syrupy feel and finish. This is a sticky, sweet, and slightly tart Irish whiskey.