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Main Flavors by Age

Just another way of looking at what major flavors we can expect to find at different ages.

Some flavors may appear sooner than noted.

Zero to four vintages old

v0		v1		v2		v3		v4
Bell Pepper		Apricot		Artichoke		Apple		Mercaptan
Ethanol		Asparagus		Burnt Toast		Blackberry		Saurkraut
Grapefruit		Buteric Acid		Cedar		Garlic		Sweat
Grass		Butterscotch		Chocolate				Tea
Hazelnut		Linalool		Coffee				Walnut
Lemon		Mint		Soy Sauce				Wet Wool
Orange Blossom		Molasses
Peach		Roses
Raspberry		Sharp Sulfur
Smoke		Strawberry
Stemmy		Vanilla

Five to nine vintages old

v5		v6		v7		v8		v9
Ethyl Acetate		Burnt Matchs		Artificial Fruit		Kerosene		Acetaldehyde
Raisin		Skunk		Cabbage		Licorice		Cassis
		Sorbate		Filter Pads		Wet Cardboard		Diesel
		Strawberry Jam		Mousey Smells				Hydrogen Sulphide
		Tobacco

Ten to fourteen vintages old

v10		v11		v12		v13		v14
Fusel Alcohol		Prune						Mildew
Plastic