What Is a Whiskey Note? | Tasting & Nosing Explained 🥃

What Is a Whiskey Note? | Tasting & Nosing Explained 🥃

Hey guys, Keith here with Beardly Bourbon & Spirits — and today, we’re keeping it simple.

What’s a “note” in whiskey?
It’s not music theory — in the world of whiskey, a note is just something you smell or taste. That’s it. Nothing complicated.

Whether it’s vanilla, caramel, oak, or even something funky like dill or leather — if your nose or tongue picks it up, that’s a note.

✔️ Smell = Nosing note
✔️ Taste = Palate note
✔️ And you’re never wrong about what you experience — your palate is your own.

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— Keith | Beardly Bourbon & Spirits

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