Shows that mixed or long service and analytical tasting are different legitimate use cases with different glassware, not higher and lower forms of authenticity.
The authors contrast bar service glassware with specialized nosing glasses used for formal sensory evaluation.
MacLean and Smith describe the Old Fashioned or rocks glass as suitable for long drinks made with ice, soda, ginger ale, lemonade, or similar additions, while distinguishing that use from concentrated aroma assessment.
p. 145 (PDF sheet 315)
The importance of nosing
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The exact paraphrase is stored in Excerpt Text. The authors distinguish a rocks glass used with ice and mixers from glassware designed to concentrate aroma for assessment.
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This is a discussion of functional glassware differences, not a claim that one serving form is universally superior.
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Supports the distinction between drinking service and analytical tasting while treating both as legitimate practices.
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