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Flaviar Community Awards 2017

The end of the year is traditionally about Spiritual growth... and so is Flaviar, baby. Putting Spirits into perspective and providing you with Spiritual nutrition for your continuous growth are our sacred duties and biggest delights. And so, it’s time for ye faithful tipplers to worship before the ultimate bottle selection there is - the Flaviar Community Awards 2017. It’s about one Scotch, one Rum, one Gin, one Bourbon and one Irish Whiskey above the dull-and-dry best-of lists that others do. Obviously. Sorry Mr. Murray. (Not really.)

Now, you probably have a few questions. Things like, “Flaviar, what makes these drams the best of the best? Who’d these liquors have to slip a bill to for these enviable bragging rights? And most importantly, how do you achieve that impeccably close shave of yours?”

Well, we’re glad you asked. Let’s get to your questions:

What makes these drams the best of the best?

After several grueling days plugging numbers into John Nash-level equations and quantifying the parameters of… ah, eff it. Ain’t no one got time for that. It’s actually a combustible combo your ratings of all the Tasting Box spirits released in the past year, your purchases, and the Flaviar tasting team’s input. So it’s a little bit us, a little bit you and in the end, only one spirit per category emerges victorious. Someone cue “Eye of the Tiger” already, for crying out loud.

Who’d these liquors have to slip a bill to?

Listen, Scotch is a real stickler for playing the rules. No one’s pulling any funny business with that guy around. The last time Vodka tried, well… anyway. Moving on.

How do you achieve that impeccably close shave of yours?

It’s a trade secret. But thanks for asking.

So friends, without further ado, we present you with Flaviar’s Fantastic Five:

- Sipsmith London Dry Gin

- Blanton’s Original Single Barrel Bourbon Whiskey

- Glenfarclas 105 Single Malt

- Yellow Spot Irish Whiskey

- Dictador Solera 20 YO Rum

Slainté!

Trivia & Smartass Corner:

1. The London-based Sipsmith uses a 300 litre copper pot still they fondly call Prudence. She’s the only one of her kind in the entire world and has no problem reminding her sister still Patience of that fact.

2. Yellow Spot Irish Whiskey is old-school style Irish single pot-still Whiskey aged a full 12 years in 1/3 Bourbon, 1/3 Spanish Sherry and 1/3 Malaga casks.

3. Each bottle of Blanton’s Original is distilled in the Buffalo Trace Distillery and then topped with a cast metal Kentucky Thoroughbred horse. Hell of an accessorizer, that Blanton’s.

4. We’re clearly onto something with Dictador 20 YO—it’s the world’s most awarded Rum with double golds from the San Francisco World Spirits Competition and Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of America.

5. The largest cocktail in the world? According to Guinness, Nick Nicora concocted a 39,746.82 litre margarita in Sacaramento, California, that he made in large cocktail shaker. Naturally.

6. 4,578 shot glasses. That’s what it took to achieve the longest domino drop shot in Guinness World Book of Records history. And it took place in Huddle Sports Bar & Brill in Citymax Hotel in Dubai.

7. If you’re ever in Pench’s Bar in Varna, Bulgaria, expect to spend some time with the menu. Pencho Penchev hold world record (for the fourth time!), for the most commercially available cocktails in the world, clocking in at 2,014 different concoctions.

8. In Spain, if you toast with a glass of water, they believe you’ll be destined to seven years of some pretty piss poor romps in the hay.

9. The French as the arbiters of mannered drinking. Ladies are always served first and glasses are only filled halfway. Thinking of pouring your own drink? Don’t. It’s considered completely rude.

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Sipsmith

London Dry Gin

lemon tart
honey
orange
juniper
syrup
sour
zesty
spicy
fruit

Appearance / Color
Crystal clear

Nose / Aroma / Smell
Honey with ripe fruits and a little yeasty. Nutty undertones with a hint of chocolate and grape jam.

Flavor / Taste / Palate
A gentle mouthfeel, with initial dry juniper joined by growing sweetness, showing lemon tart & orange marmalade, garnished by a wave of fresh lemon zest, followed by bolder juniper & light dryness, before all the flavors harmonise into one integrated taste.

Finish
Dryness leads, with spicy juniper and a hint of lemon tart emerging.

Spot Whiskeys

Yellow Spot 12 Year Old

Irish Whiskey

fresh vanilla
apricot
peach
sweet fruit
sweet
black cherry
almonds
sherry
barley

Appearance / Color
Warm gold.

Nose / Aroma / Smell
Peaches and apricot with sultanas, vanilla, and dried cherries.

Flavor / Taste / Palate
Velvet in the mouth, more sweet fruit, almonds, and oak.

Finish
Long, sweet, dried apricot.

Glenfarclas

105

Single Malt Scotch

sherry bomb
dark chocolate
burnt caramel
nutty
oak
spicy
sweet
dried fruit
apple

Appearance / Color

Deep peaty-gold

Smell / Nose / Aroma

Complex, oaky, apples and pears, and a tempting dark toffee sweetness.

Flavor / Taste / Palate

Rich, warming, malty, young and spirity with a lot of sherry and a bit of chocolate.

Finish

Amazingly smooth for the strength; wonderfully warming and with a lingering smokiness, yet very rounded.

Blanton's

The Original Single Barrel Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey

Bourbon

caramel
nutmeg
demerara sugar
corn
sweet
spicy
clove
oak

Appearance / Color

Red amber color

Nose / Aroma

A creamy vanilla nose features hints of orange peel, nutmeg, caramel, and light spices.

Flavor / Taste / Palate

A soft but rich flavor of burnt sugar, cloves in harmony with strong caramel and corn sensations.

Finish

A strong and lasting finish that brings back nutmeg and corn above everything else.

Dictador

20 Year Old Solera System Rum

Rum

smoky
coffee
honey
roasted
smooth
oak
caramel
dry
spicy

Appearance / Color
Intense dark amber with red brown tones

Smell / Nose / Aroma
Smoky honey, round oak sensation, baking spice, roasted coffee.

Flavor / Taste / Palate
Smooth and round. Notes of oak and caramel, dry fruits, maple, roasted honey, truffles.

Finish
Long, smooth finish.

Flavor spiral
Roasted honey, roasted, roasted coffee, dry, oak, smoky, spicy, maple, truffle.

Whats in the box?

Sipsmith

London Dry Gin

lemon tart
honey
orange
juniper
syrup
sour
zesty
spicy
fruit

Appearance / Color
Crystal clear

Nose / Aroma / Smell
Honey with ripe fruits and a little yeasty. Nutty undertones with a hint of chocolate and grape jam.

Flavor / Taste / Palate
A gentle mouthfeel, with initial dry juniper joined by growing sweetness, showing lemon tart & orange marmalade, garnished by a wave of fresh lemon zest, followed by bolder juniper & light dryness, before all the flavors harmonise into one integrated taste.

Finish
Dryness leads, with spicy juniper and a hint of lemon tart emerging.

Spot Whiskeys

Yellow Spot 12 Year Old

Irish Whiskey

fresh vanilla
apricot
peach
sweet fruit
sweet
black cherry
almonds
sherry
barley

Appearance / Color
Warm gold.

Nose / Aroma / Smell
Peaches and apricot with sultanas, vanilla, and dried cherries.

Flavor / Taste / Palate
Velvet in the mouth, more sweet fruit, almonds, and oak.

Finish
Long, sweet, dried apricot.

Glenfarclas

105

Single Malt Scotch

sherry bomb
dark chocolate
burnt caramel
nutty
oak
spicy
sweet
dried fruit
apple

Appearance / Color

Deep peaty-gold

Smell / Nose / Aroma

Complex, oaky, apples and pears, and a tempting dark toffee sweetness.

Flavor / Taste / Palate

Rich, warming, malty, young and spirity with a lot of sherry and a bit of chocolate.

Finish

Amazingly smooth for the strength; wonderfully warming and with a lingering smokiness, yet very rounded.

Blanton's

The Original Single Barrel Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey

Bourbon

caramel
nutmeg
demerara sugar
corn
sweet
spicy
clove
oak

Appearance / Color

Red amber color

Nose / Aroma

A creamy vanilla nose features hints of orange peel, nutmeg, caramel, and light spices.

Flavor / Taste / Palate

A soft but rich flavor of burnt sugar, cloves in harmony with strong caramel and corn sensations.

Finish

A strong and lasting finish that brings back nutmeg and corn above everything else.

Dictador

20 Year Old Solera System Rum

Rum

smoky
coffee
honey
roasted
smooth
oak
caramel
dry
spicy

Appearance / Color
Intense dark amber with red brown tones

Smell / Nose / Aroma
Smoky honey, round oak sensation, baking spice, roasted coffee.

Flavor / Taste / Palate
Smooth and round. Notes of oak and caramel, dry fruits, maple, roasted honey, truffles.

Finish
Long, smooth finish.

Flavor spiral
Roasted honey, roasted, roasted coffee, dry, oak, smoky, spicy, maple, truffle.