I just tried some of this last night neat poured into a brandy snifter (against the recommendations of my gracious hosts). From a distance, it simply smells like root beer and a bit of alcohol. Once you really get your nose in there, it's actually rather complex. Lots of medicinal herbal notes and spice. The taste is much like the nose. The texture is oily and syrupy. Once it opens up a bit more, the root beer-ness dials itself back and the "herbal" part really comes forward. Reminded me of Chartreuse.