Every blend formula must state component amounts, measurement basis, actual component proofs, reference temperature, and conversion method before a target proof can be audited.
Alcohol Blending and Accounting, Volume I — Full-Source Literature NoteAlcohol Blending and Accounting, Volume II — Full-Source Literature NoteDistillery Operations — Full-Source Literature NoteRegarding Cocktails — measured service, recipe families and attributed memoriesAsian Cocktails — full-source synthesis and recipe locator indexSpirits & Cocktails of Upstate New York — full-source analysis100 Gin Based Cocktails — full-source analysisThe Concise Guide to Wine and Blind Tasting — full-source analysisHow to Blind Taste Whisky — supplied partial transcript — source analysisThe Bourbon Country Cookbook — complete supplied-content analysis and index-tail holdThe Kentucky Bourbon Cookbook — seasonal cookery, provenance, and source limitsThe Alcohol Textbook (5th edition, 2009) — Literature NoteFor consumer trials, mass-based measurements are usually easiest to reproduce. Record bottle proof, measured amount, calculation basis, water addition, rest time, and final sample treatment.
Created after full-source review; linked to source-level Literature Notes and verified evidence records. Fresh SRC-341 audit: Fireman is retained as attributed practitioner context, not independent validation of this mechanism. The supplied224-page review found material arithmetic, unit, biological and engineering errors; use the other linked technical sources for the mechanism. PDF183–185 specifically confuses input tolerance and final proof and reverses a warm-water volume adjustment.
A Zettel is one durable idea in your own words—not a quotation, source summary, or draft-book claim.
Atomic idea
State one complete idea. It should be understandable on its own and specific enough to connect to other notes.
Reasoning
Explain why the idea is true or useful in Rationale and Implications. Record meaningful objections or exceptions in Counterpoints.
Provenance
Connect one or more Literature Notes. Direct source relations are legacy-only; trace evidence through the literature-note and excerpt chain.
Connections
Apply approved Tags for retrieval and one or more Themes only when the note genuinely advances those interpretive threads.
Maturity checklist
Regarding Cocktails — Printed proof arithmetic as a diagnostic example
Regarding Cocktails PDF43 prints0.86oz ethanol for2oz43-proof gin: the number corresponds to43%ABV, not43USproof. Its0.8/4.5 example is approximately17.78%, not17%, and3.75oz/11ml is inconsistent. PDF225–227 punch yields and ingredient identities remain ambiguous. Declare proof versus ABV, initial versus final-volume percentages, actual ingredient identities and final measured volume before estimating strength. These arithmetic checks diagnose the source; they do not validate unmeasured final yields or density assumptions.
Full review
Original Atomic Statement, Maturity, claims and previous evidence are preserved. The user's trial and website remain unchanged.
Asian Cocktails — Printed unit conflicts require versioned adjudication
The supplied Asian Cocktails ebook contains visible ounce/ml conflicts in Enlightenment, Fool’s Gold, Asian Negroni, Coriander Collins, Sensei, Junebug, Stairway to Suntory and Asian Sour, plus a rich-syrup yield inconsistency. Preserve the original numbers and chosen measurement system; any correction must be explicit and separately tested. A familiar conversion cannot establish which printed quantity the recipe developer intended.
Full synthesis
Original Atomic Statement, Maturity, claims and earlier evidence remain unchanged. Comparative cookbook examples are not new proof of neat-whiskey outcomes.
Upstate New York — Declared units and recoverable formulas
Fee Brothers’ reported difficulty recovering coded spoon measures demonstrates that preserving a recipe without its unit definitions can lose practical knowledge. The repeated cinnamon in Mapple Jack Moonrise and the unspecified form of sugar in Basil & Bourbon require explicit adjudication, not silent correction. These examples support measurement provenance, not a new proof formula.
Full-source synthesis
Existing atomic statement, maturity, claims and prior provenance are unchanged. This source adds attributed examples, not publication clearance.
100 Gin Based Cocktails — A named recipe does not establish a reproducible batch
Donald Cox combines liters and ounces without serving yield or component proofs. Scarlet Fever totals 36–42 ounces before ice but describes a draft-glass service; other recipes mix parts, fixed ounces and unspecified top-ups. Those visible quantities permit limited arithmetic, not a reliable final-strength or serving claim. Keep batch volume, serving count, actual ingredient strengths and final dilution explicit.
Full-source review
Existing atomic statement, maturity, claims and prior evidence are unchanged. No public recipe or blend instruction is updated.
Burton 2016 — Printed unit conflicts require an explicit hold
The source's 40cl pour on PDF39 conflicts with its 18–20 pours per 750ml bottle; arithmetic implies about 37.5–41.7ml. PDF33's 620cl clavelin conflicts with PDF152's 62cl, and PDF194's 500cl Tokaji bottle needs verification. Preserve printed and proposed readings separately. Appendix market units are thousand hectoliters and million euros, not interchangeable measures. These are source-quality diagnostics, not recommended pours.
Analysis:
Council transcript — added drops are not proof normalization
The transcript describes tentative proof judgments and adding water while exploring aroma. Those are observations and practitioner suggestions, not an ABV assay or a normalized-proof session. Drops require a known volume, sample amount and actual starting strength before a calculated dilution is auditable. Preserve native-proof observations before additions, and record the water amount and chosen target separately. No approved pilot formula or session is changed.
Full source analyses:
Located evidence and citations:
Boundary: attributed teaching material, not new experimental corroboration. Existing Atomic Statement, Maturity, claims and earlier provenance remain unchanged.
Bourbon Country Cookbook — preserve batch versions and ingredient totals
The eight- and thirty-eight-serving Bourbon Breeze recipes scale lemon juice, water and bitters differently from the serving-count ratio. The larger version also equates 58 fluid ounces with a 1.75-liter bottle. These are visible version/unit inconsistencies, not permission to silently choose a corrected recipe. The cookie note separately adjusts butter to actual rendered fat to reach an explicit total. Preserve formula version, component basis and measured final yield before comparing batches.
Supplied-content analysis:
Boundary: practitioner cookbook examples, not new experimental corroboration. Index-tail hold remains explicit; existing Atomic Statement, Maturity, claims and prior provenance remain unchanged. No trial or public History change.
Schmid cookbook — resolve printed quantity conflicts before reproduction
The Woodford pudding lists 1½ cups butter but uses ½ cup in its method; the appendix prints malformed timing and nutmeg measures. The original wording and any proposed correction must stay separate. A familiar dish name does not identify which quantity was intended. Preserve ingredient totals, units, component allocation and final yield before using a formula.
Full supplied-content analysis:
Located evidence/citations:
Boundary: attributed cookbook examples, not independent experimental corroboration. Existing Atomic Statement, Maturity, claims and previous provenance remain unchanged. Index-tail hold explicit; no public History or trial change.
Alcohol Blending review reopened — evidence boundary
Volume I renewed review retains declared units as a sound organizing principle, but its calculations are not independently validated. Extracted PDF31/58–59 use2−f for an inverse factor; PDF119–121 contains tenfold BAC conversion errors; PDF148–151 tunes physical constants for reciprocal agreement. These examples show why unit checks and independent reference tests must accompany a plausible output. Original images remain unavailable, so both blending volumes have reopened full-review status. Existing evidence EXT1528–1531 is Needs Review. See the updated Literature Note for precise limitations.