Stagg flavors out of left field

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I know there's recently been a friendly controversy as to Stagg's flavor profile. As a participant in the Virginia Stagg tasting event, I would have previously sworn that there was no mint flavor of any kind in George T. Stagg. However, I just got it. Actually, I got it with serious gusto. It's there.

Previously, and also at the recent tasting event, all I had gotten was the familiar vanilla/caramel-with-a-hint-of-tobacco thing. Tonight I retasted the 2003 solo, and *BAM* spearmint galore! Actually, it was spearmint with a licorice/anise thing going on in the background.

This stuff morphs guys. I didn't have anything bizarre to eat or brush my teeth or anything bizarre. It's just so multi-faceted that it's different night to night.

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It especially changes over time in the glass -- something rare in that we either pour it in small doses or like it so much is disappears quickly. Try a deep pour in a good-sized snifter -- either neat or with a little water (or, one cube only! ), and savor it over an hour or more. Overripe bananas appear, your old leather baseball mitt, apple-pie spices. Fascinating, really.