Nose is very rum-like: overripe bananas, sugarcane, along with some notes I associate with amazake and some twice-cooked crusty rice. Taste hits me out from left field. Starts off slightly smokey, a bit briny, very BBQ-like but more akin to an Asian BBQ sauce instead of one we're used to in the western palate. Reminded me most of this BBQ "sauce" made with fried dried shrimp. Also detected some dried loquat in there, along with vegetal, Asian salted and preserved greens in there. Finally, finishes bizarrely like a funky rum. It's overall very rummy, except everything in the middle which is a huge adventure. Very interesting!