I don't even want to get into why I dropped 100 bucks on this.. Anyway Nose - you know this straight up smells like an amber beer that's been left out a day with a high abv or maybe a German dubble. Basically....it's sickeningly sweet, caramel, brown sugar, simple syrup, barely, some mint from the rye, a bit of pepper, and just sweet sugary stuff. Taste - really more of the same, though I get more nugget vs just sweet sugars. The blonde ale is shockingly powerful on here, it really dominates the up front sweetness in a way I didn't expect. It does nicely take the edge off the likely very young rye but it also mutes the spices. Overall, I can't say this isn't unique and interesting, it is. But should you buy it? Hell no. 1 star, it's drinkable but only after a few. I can't believe this was 100 bucks and I hope nobody else buys it for that. 40 bucks and it's a nice weird experiment. 100, good god no. On the plus side the shot glass on the top is kinda cool and I like that.