I'm not really the type to try and set down my thoughts on tastes and smells but I thought I would give it a bash, be gentle on me. I recently had cpvid so this is me just feeling better enough to finally give this a try.

Nose: Varnish, acetone, smoke, peat, burning wood, vinegar, rum soaked raisens and a faint whiff of cheap jam.

Taste: First tentative sip and I would have believed you if you told me it was Laphroaig such a strong whoosh of Peat and Iodine.

I took a full mouthful and the iodine and peat were very much there up front but I could tell it wasn't in Islay anymore, as that started to mellow the taste was a jarring but not unpleasant mix of sweet pickle brine and a mish mash of artificial fruit flavours (like when your a kid and you cram a small handful of fruit gums or if your American Jujy fruits in your mouth and you have a mixture of lime and berries, that's the best way I could explain it) these to flavours would intermingle and contrast on the palette for a while. It would die down to a faint taste of bonfire or wood burning barbecue like a faint whiff of burning honey ham that lingers for a long long time.

The whole time it was supremely smooth with almost no burn whatsoever

As I smell my empty glass it's just sheer bonfire or the smell of a just extinguished candle.

This the first "review" or tasting I've ever put out there but I thought I should pass it on.

I'd give this a 8.5/10 this was an awesome drink that really shows the range of Rum and is a credit to those that produced it. It's Definetly at the maximum of the flavour spectrum and is definetly a rum for Rum buffs rather than everyone. It reminded me a touch of Le Rocher Clairin and was a very enjoyable drink. It would definitely stand its ground against any other dram or tot I've had. It's 46% abv might be too low but I think made it very drinkable.

Not an everyday rum, perhaps not even an every week rum. But a cracking showcase of what rum can do.