Directly fills the blending gap in the cross-stage consistency claim: consistency is created by selecting and combining controlled variation. This is an attributed production example, not an experiment isolating yeast effects.
The sidebar contrasts deliberate mash-bill and yeast variation with reduced warehouse variation and later component mingling.
Bryson describes Four Roses producing ten bourbon components from two mash bills and five yeast strains, then mingling them under a blending philosophy aimed at consistent whiskey.
PDF sheet 116
PDF sheet 115
chap. 6, “The Secret Partner,” “Four Roses: The Seagram Way”
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Bryson describes Four Roses producing ten bourbon components from two mash bills and five yeast strains, then mingling them under a blending philosophy aimed at consistent whiskey.
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Start: PDF sheet 115
End: PDF sheet 116
Source section: chap. 6, “The Secret Partner,” “Four Roses: The Seagram Way”
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The sidebar contrasts deliberate mash-bill and yeast variation with reduced warehouse variation and later component mingling.
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Directly fills the blending gap in the cross-stage consistency claim: consistency is created by selecting and combining controlled variation. This is an attributed production example, not an experiment isolating yeast effects.
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