Use the comparative practice and individual-perception discussion. The fixed sour-sweet-salt-umami-bitter brain sequence on sheet 253 is unsupported and must not become sensory instruction. Dryness/astringency is not merely a taste-bud response. Flight ordering is a practice, not a validated experimental protocol. The previous span 247–253 included Tantalus and omitted The Finish on sheet 254; corrected to 248–254.
A cluster of sensory entries distinguishes individual perception from controlled method and then breaks the experience into aroma, palate, and finish.
Wisniewski treats tasting notes as the report of one individual palate. He recommends comparison rather than isolation, uniform glassware and fill levels, deliberate flight order, sensory-memory practice, and separate attention to aroma, mouthfeel, flavor development, and finish.
Displayed p. 247 / PDF sheet 254
Displayed p. 240 / PDF sheet 248
Tasting Notes; Tasting Whisky; Tasting Whisky: Aroma; Tasting Whisky: Palate; Tasting Whisky: The Finish
Fresh full-copy audit: 302 sheets read and visually surveyed; selected evidence rechecked in enlarged renders. Use the comparative practice and individual-perception discussion. The fixed sour-sweet-salt-umami-bitter brain sequence on sheet 253 is unsupported and must not become sensory instruction. Dryness/astringency is not merely a taste-bud response. Flight ordering is a practice, not a validated experimental protocol. The previous span 247–253 included Tantalus and omitted The Finish on sheet 254; corrected to 248–254. Verification concerns source fidelity, not independent endorsement of every source assertion.
Evidence
Wisniewski treats tasting notes as the report of one individual palate. He recommends comparison rather than isolation, uniform glassware and fill levels, deliberate flight order, sensory-memory practice, and separate attention to aroma, mouthfeel, flavor development, and finish.
Locator
Locator type: Page
Start: Displayed p. 239 / PDF sheet 247
End: Displayed p. 245 / PDF sheet 253
Source section: Tasting Notes; Tasting Whisky; Tasting Whisky: Aroma; Tasting Whisky: Palate; Tasting Whisky: The Finish
Context
A cluster of sensory entries distinguishes individual perception from controlled method and then breaks the experience into aroma, palate, and finish.
Annotation
Directly strengthens the established tasting-literacy and observer-conditioned evidence model. Physiological explanations are simplified and should defer to sensory-science sources.
Verification
Status: Verified
Verified against OCR text and rendered images of PDF sheets 247–253, displaying ebook pages 239–245.
Fresh full-copy audit — September 29, 2026
Authoritative locator: Displayed p. 240 / PDF sheet 248 through Displayed p. 247 / PDF sheet 254. This supersedes any older locator in the legacy citation text above.
Use the comparative practice and individual-perception discussion. The fixed sour-sweet-salt-umami-bitter brain sequence on sheet 253 is unsupported and must not become sensory instruction. Dryness/astringency is not merely a taste-bud response. Flight ordering is a practice, not a validated experimental protocol. The previous span 247–253 included Tantalus and omitted The Finish on sheet 254; corrected to 248–254.
The whole supplied copy was read and visually surveyed; the locator was checked in enlarged source images. Source-fidelity verification does not independently validate every historical or scientific claim.