Nose: It’s as if you stuck your head into a diesel truck’s exhaust. Burnt bbq with a big dose of mesquite wood. Walking into a smoking shed filled with white fish. Even the color captures the level of intensity of the smoke here. Tires. Nose evolves with more time in the glass, wood shop, varnish, and chamomile. Newspaper.

Palate: Smoking a cigar. I was kind of scared to taste this given the nose. Not only is it not bad, it is shockingly drinkable for about a second, and then I’m completely overwhelmed. This harkens to my first time drinking balcones brimstone. Or smoked tamarindo. Mid palette is a varnish. Whoooo this is so so intense.

Rating: 4 / 10 – Fascinating. I can’t even finish my glass. Octomore ain’t got nothing on this. If you like smoke, this is the penultimate, marked by delicious burps of brisket. I think I’ll actually keep this sample and use it as a replacement for liquid smoke in a recipe. It reminds me the very first time I tried a caroni 4 years ago in a restaurant with my wife.