Lacking in taste

I had high hopes for this product as I absolutely love whiskey. Unfortunately, I found that it doesn't taste like whisky at all, more like apple cider, and the taste was initially quite off-putting. It got better as I kept drinking it but still tasted quite mild and more like diluted apple juice w/ cinnamon/spices and a bit of a smokey flavour. The bottle is beautiful but was very difficult to open due to the wax. The liquid was quite cloudy with lots of deposits in it, which made me wonder if it was still good or had gone off somehow, and I wasn't sure if we were supposed to shake it or not as there was no instruction about this. Overall, I did not enjoy the taste and would not buy or recommend this product as a non-alcoholic/whiskey substitute.

- Product gifted by Mad Moose.