Now your only job is to open one, pour it out into a tasting glass of some kind. Then log in on their website and enter the code on the bottle, and you are ready to play.
That picture has no filter people, my whiskey just sparkles.
Once on the website you have to go through ten pages which asks you about the whiskey you are having including: color, nose (smell), mouth feel, taste, taste after adding water, finish, just any random info you want to provide, rate it, guess its price, and finally guess the whiskey.
So for today, the whiskey I had was very unfamiliar to me, so I knew I was in trouble already. I really labored through picking 15 smells, 20 tastes, and 27 tastes after water! I really couldn't place this extra unfamiliar flavor that was throwing me off, but I got totally lucky because once I got to the pick the whiskey page I saw this...
Why is this good for me? Well I know my bourbons and I know this was NOT a bourbon. I am however, very unfamiliar with Rye whiskey, so I chose Copper Fox. Next page, and BAM, I was right.
TO BE FAIR, I have played a couple times now, and I do rarely get it right, and I did not cheat this time. Totally honest.
Here is a summary of my scores, this is the highest I have ever scored to be totally truthful. As you can see, I am not very good at tasting.
Overall the game is not too pricey, and it can be a good way to learn how to taste, as well as step out of your comfort zone to try things you might not have thought of. All in all, I have a good time every time I play, although the over achieving side of me gets frustrated by my terrible scores. I am thinking of turning this into a competitive multi-player whiskey tasting battle, so stay tuned.
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