A practical method for turning comparative tasting into a controlled, repeatable exercise. It can be adapted to American whiskeys while preserving the learner's own judgment.
The passage opens the home-vatting section. Surrounding chapters include infusion recipes and broad distilling material; only the structured blending exercise is retained.
Teacher recommends starting with two whiskies that have distinct characteristics, choosing one as the primary base, adding a conservative proportion of the second, and recording the whiskies, ratios, maturation time, and alcohol strength so the blend can be refined across later trials.
PDF sheet 154
PDF sheet 153
Bourbon & Whiskey Blends — Home Vatting
September29 fresh text and page-image verification153–154; final ABV sentence continues onto154. Verified means source fidelity, not validated experimental design.
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Evidence
Teacher recommends starting a blend with two distinct whiskies, choosing one as the base, adding the second conservatively, and logging component names, ratios, maturation time, and alcohol strength so the result can be refined across later trials.
Location and context
“Bourbon & Whiskey Blends — Home Vatting,” PDF sheets 153–154; the final ABV sentence continues onto154. The reflowable sheet does not display a stable printed page number.
Annotation
The method turns comparative tasting into a controlled exercise: vary a component cautiously, measure it, and preserve a record. It is transferable to American whiskey at low evidentiary stakes.