Qualifies the compression rule by demonstrating that timing can deliberately preserve more bourbon identity.
This is a bounded late-addition technique rather than a general statement about every recipe.
Preserving expert Marisa McClellan advises adding bourbon during the final five minutes of cooking preserves so some alcohol cooks off while the flavor remains.
Sentence ending “the flavor remains”
“Add it to jams and preserves,” quoted McClellan guidance
Add it to jams and preserves
Named expert, last-five-minutes timing, partial cook-off, and retained-flavor statements checked on 2026-08-26.
Verified qualification showing that late addition can preserve bourbon flavor.
Evidence
Preserving expert Marisa McClellan advises adding bourbon during the final five minutes of cooking preserves so some alcohol cooks off while the flavor remains.
Location and context
“Add it to jams and preserves,” in McClellan’s attributed guidance. This is a bounded preserving technique.
Annotation
Challenges an overbroad compression rule by demonstrating that timing can deliberately retain more bourbon identity.