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ngersin
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ed
-He r
ba l:lemon, t
ea, artic
hoke ,spearmint ,mint.
ase i
the rshor t,medi um orl ong,wi t
ht hebe sts pi
ritshavingal i
ngeri
ng
-Fruity:ba nana, oli
ve ,almond, che r
ry,pe ar
,a pple,gra
pe fr
uit,l
ime.
ande njoya blefini sh, andpoorqua li
tys piri
tsof tendeliveri
ngaf ew
-Spices:a niseed,peppe r,clover,cinnamon.
unplea sants urpris
esa l
ongt hewa y.
-Floral:rose ,orange, blossom.
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ullyunder
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te-
maili
nyourI
nboxi
ndicat
ingt
hata
Spotha
sopenedupandgetr
e a
dytoEnte
rtheWorl
dOfSpi
rit
s.
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ngoft hes
pi r
itwil
lal
sobri
ngoutflavor
sdependingont
hewood
used:vanil
la,
tobacco,choc
ola
te,
caramel
,cof
fee,
she
rry,s
oy…

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e donyourWhiskeyta s
tingodyssey,j
usttakeasma l
lsip
andletyourt ast
ebudsbeimme rsed-rollthespir
itoveryourtonguea nd
arounditssides,t
henallt
hroughoutyourmout h.Savourtheflavorsand
st
a r
tidenti
fyingthem.Wha tar
ethe y?Aretheywe akors t
rong?Cleanor
mus t
y?He r
ba l?Woody?Flora
l?Che mical?Frui
ty?Spicy,perha
ps?

Atthes a
met ime,t
akenoteofthemouth-fee
l,whi chref
erstoboththe
textur
ea ndinte
nsit
yofthespir
it.
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ribesitswe i
ghtorthic
kne s
sand
canvaryf r
om averyli
ght
,thi
n,dry,orf
reshsens a
tion,al
lthewa y
throughtoc r
eamya ndwarmandupt oave r
yt hick,hea
vy,ri
cha ndful
l
sensat
ion.

Fi
nis
h

Thefinishrefer
st othelengthoftimetha tthetasteofas pir
itl
ingersin
yourmouth(i.
e. a
ftert
aste)a
fteryou’
ves wallowedit.Itcanbee xpress
ed
asei
thershort
, medium orlong,withthebe stspi
ritshavingalingeri
ng
andenjoyabl
efini sh,andpoorqua l
ityspiri
tsoftendelive
r i
ngaf ew
unple
asantsurpris
esa l
ongthewa y.

Tof
ullyunder
standandanalys
eeachspir
it,youwil
lwantt
orepeatt
he
whol
epr oc
essafewtimes.
Wi thea
c hs
ipyou’ l
lbea
bletoi
denti
fynew
smel
lsandtas
testha
tyoumi ghthavemissedoutonthefir
stti
mea r
ound.

Spi
tors
wal
low?

Weknow thatpr
ofess
ionalt
aster
sal
wayss
pit
,butFla
via
r’smot
tois
:We
don’
tspi
t,weswall
ow. Westr
onglyenc
our
ageyoutodothesame.

You’
real
lset
!

Thisshortgui
deshoul
dleaveyouwi se
ra ndmor eknowledg
eabl
e.
Foll
owi ngthes
esi
mpleinstr
ucti
onsshoul ds
oonma keyouarea
lSpiri
ts
expert
,a l
lowi
ngyoutoproperl
ye nj
oya ndsavourWhi s
keyandothe
r
Spir
its.

Remember
,jus
tlookoutf
orfortha
te-
maili
nyourI
nboxi
ndicat
ingt
hata
Spotha
sopenedupandgetr
e a
dytoEnte
rtheWorl
dOfSpi
rit
s.