Discovering Flaws and Faults and identifying the sources of spirit flaws that affect the quality of spirits often begs the question “What’s that horrible smell?  Nail polish, kerosene, tri-chlor, dead rodent, rotten

Which spirit scoring and rating system is best is controversial to say the least, as there are literally hundreds of scoring systems, and which one to use is largely a matter of

For the past decade we have been on the track to improving evaluation and establishing a diagnostics discipline to create a universal language providing clear and uniform views of spirits’ character and

Much of this presentation contains information from an “adding water” article we published on Linked-in on February 10, 2016.  To date the Linked-in article has 59,818 views. Many whisk(e)y drinkers add a

This presentation may seem like a departure from the main theme of evaluation education, yet identifying and understanding the misconceptions and myths that pervade evaluation is key to developing a fine respect

Effective nosing, tasting, and evaluation is dependent on the accuracy of descriptors in written and oral communication.  Comments and tasting notes become much more useful when evaluators and those who read the

One final discussion regarding the choice of an evaluation glass before we address more key issues important to being a competent evaluator and bust a few more myths along the way. The

Within the spirits industry, particularly in scotch whisky, game-changing personalities emerged to make major contributions to the tasting and evaluation of spirits:  Michael Jackson and Jim Murray may be the most definitive