Independent direct evidence connecting barrel heterogeneity to both mingled consistency and single-barrel selection.
Lubbers presents warehouse difference as the raw material for producer selection.
Barrels age differently among warehouses and locations within them, so distiller experience and cross-sectional barrel selection are used to assemble a consistent small-batch profile or choose an individual barrel.
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Warehousing and barrel selection
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