The taste of whisky and whiskey can be divided in many different ways. Whisky.com took an approach and divided the different flavours and nuances into five big categories. In each category you have different individual tastes visualized by Tasticons. You can use the Tasticons to describe whiskies in our whisky database.
Tasticons in the Database
1. Fruits
Fruit: General fruitiness
Dried Fruit: General fruitiness of dried fruit
Berries: Berries and grapes
Tropical Fruit: General tropical fruitiness
Sherry: General taste of Sherries and fortified wines
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