Supports structured comparative tasting. Do not adopt the book's darker-color-equals-older/higher-proof rule, exact age-to-flavor claims, or reductive grain descriptors. September28 audit: This is a social, identified flight, not a validated sensory test. Branded mats and ascending proof create expectation/order effects. Equal pour volume is not equal ethanol dose; the one-drink equivalence is not universal.
The chapter supplies a complete social tasting workflow rather than isolated tasting notes.
Lubbers's home-tasting plan uses a related four- or five-whiskey flight, low-to-high proof ordering, small standardized pours, labeled mats, water and neutral food, and a repeated look-nose-palate-finish sequence.
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