Each component should have an explicit role and additions without a role should be excluded.
Core statement of the lead-character formulation philosophy.
Glaser rejects blending so many components that the result becomes homogeneous. He begins with whiskies of strong character and adds only a few components to complement them, add complexity, or create balance.
Question on select components
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