Know Your Whisky

The Whisky festival is coming up this weekend and to help you get in the mood, Brandhouse recently developed recently developed four easy ways to understand flavour profiles to assist and guide you to choose the one that is right for you. The four flavour profiles are:

VIBRANT

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Dynamic and lively with dried fruit, peppercorns, spice and intense flavours. Suggested brands are Johnnie Walker Red Label (recommended with ginger ale), VAT 69, Talisker and Caol Ila.

BOLD

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Full-bodied flavour notes with espresso, smoke and wood flavours. Suggested brands are Johnnie Walker Black Label (recommended with water), White Horse, Johnnie Walker Platinum and Lagavulin.

RICH

SPECIAL-RESERVE

Chocolate, cream, honey and subtle biscuit flavour notes. Suggested brands are Bell’s Extra Special Blended Scotch Whisky (recommended with soda water), Bell’s Special Reserve, Singleton, Johnnie Walker Gold Label Reserve.

FRESH

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Fresh fruit, citrus and grass notes. Suggested brands are J&B Rare (recommended with lemonade), J&B Jet, Black and White and Bushmills Original

This is an exciting way to explore the different whisky flavours and identify your flavour profile. You’ll find a range of whiskies in each flavour profile so there is sure to be one that suits both your palette and your pocket!

Find out how you can win tickets to the Whisky showroom here.

Find out how you can win one of these four flavours here.