How to Taste Bread Flavors in Whisky

Notes of fresh-baked baguette or iced sticky buns come from specific compounds in grain and oak.

How to Taste Wood Flavors in Whisky

All whisky is aged in wood, but the final flavor result can vary dramatically.

From Irish to Tennessee whiskey, some drams produce a distinct banana flavor. Here’s why.

From sour to sweet, learn to pick up a range of lemon flavors in single malt whisky.

From Earl Grey to Lapsang Souchoung, different whiskies can highlight a variety of tea flavors.

From nutmeg to clove and cinnamon, there’s a whole spice rack’s worth of flavors in your whisky.

It’s not all ash and iodine: Discover the nuances of peatiness in scotch.

Learn how to pick up the buttery texture, aroma, and flavor of these melt in your mouth whiskies.

Whisky is itself a soft, golden nectar, but it also contains a swarm of honeyed flavors.

From scotch to American craft whiskey, there’s a range of cocoa flavors to discover.

Hone your skills for picking up one of the more prevalent flavors in whisky.

One of the most common flavor notes in bourbon and other whiskies, vanilla is anything but boring.