01 03

APPEARANCE PALATE
Clarity Sweetness
Clear Hazy Dry Off-dry Medium Sweet

Intensity Texture
Water-white Pale Medium Deep Opaque

Rough Smooth Watery Mouthfilling Warming

WHISKY
Colour
Flavour Intensity
Neutral Light Medium Pronounced

TASTING 101
None Lemon Gold Amber Brown

Flavour Characteristics
Pink Red Orange Yellow Green

Colours are
not intended to Raw Processing Oak &
represent actual
spirit and
materials maturation

Use this approach to tasting spirits, developed Blue Purple Brown Black liqueur colours*

by the Wine & Spirit Education Trust (WSET), Finish

to improve your understanding of taste and Other Observations
E.g. Louching
Length
flavour in whisky. This will help you create Short Medium Long
exciting serves and communicate about
whisky with confidence.

02 Neutral Simple
Some
complexity
Nature
Very
complex

NOSE
Condition

04
Clean Unclean

Intensity
Neutral Light Medium Pronounced
CONCLUSIONS
Quality level
Aroma Characteristics Faulty Poor Acceptable Good
Very
good Outstanding

Raw Processing Oak &

materials maturation *This content is based on the WSET Level 2 Systematic Approach to Tasting Spirits® and has been reproduced
with the written permission of the Wine & Spirit Education Trust (WSET). All rights belong to WSET.