Keep the narrow claim of modern prominence, not invention of drawing whiskey from one barrel or guaranteed higher quality. Selected variability and batch consistency are different product goals. Earlier page 225 locator corrected to displayed page 226.
The entry contrasts a selected individual cask with the more common practice of blending many casks for consistency.
Wisniewski states that the single-cask concept gained prominence when Blanton's launched a single-barrel bourbon in 1984 and that the format subsequently became important across whisky categories.
Displayed p. 226 / PDF sheet 234
Single-cask Bottlings
Fresh full-copy audit: 302 sheets read and visually surveyed; selected evidence rechecked in enlarged renders. Keep the narrow claim of modern prominence, not invention of drawing whiskey from one barrel or guaranteed higher quality. Selected variability and batch consistency are different product goals. Earlier page 225 locator corrected to displayed page 226. Verification concerns source fidelity, not independent endorsement of every source assertion.
Evidence
Wisniewski states that the single-cask concept gained prominence when Blanton's launched a single-barrel bourbon in 1984 and that the format subsequently became important across whisky categories.
Locator
Locator type: Page
Start: Displayed p. 225 / PDF sheet 234
End: Same as start or not applicable
Source section: Single-cask Bottlings
Context
The entry contrasts a selected individual cask with the more common practice of blending many casks for consistency.
Annotation
Supports the existing selected-variation and premiumization nodes. The wording is retained as attributed tertiary synthesis; definitive first-product language should remain anchored to archival or producer evidence.
Verification
Status: Verified
Verified against OCR text and the rendered image of PDF sheet 234, which displays ebook page 225.
Fresh full-copy audit — September 29, 2026
Authoritative locator: Displayed p. 226 / PDF sheet 234. This supersedes any older locator in the legacy citation text above.
Keep the narrow claim of modern prominence, not invention of drawing whiskey from one barrel or guaranteed higher quality. Selected variability and batch consistency are different product goals. Earlier page 225 locator corrected to displayed page 226.
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.