Cask & Note: Whiskey Journal

Remember every pour. Know every bottle. You poured something good at a bar in October and gave it a nine. In February you are standing in front of the same shelf with no idea what it was called. Cask & Note fixes that. LOG A POUR IN TWENTY SECONDS Pick the bottle, pick how you took it (neat, rocks, a splash of water, a highball, a cocktail or a flight), score it out of ten, tap a few flavors, done. At home, open More detail for Nose, Palate and Finish notes, six structure meters (Sweet, Spice, Smoke, Oak, Heat, Finish), color, glassware, and the facts that actually matter: proof, age statement, mash bill, finish cask, batch, barrel number, store pick, bottled in bond, cask strength. Four pours at a bar is one session, not four chores. WHISKEY VOCABULARY, NOT WINE VOCABULARY Styles for all of it: bourbon, rye, Tennessee, wheat, American single malt, Scotch by region, Irish pot still,…