The five sample categories are not five currently sold consumer bottles. A bench blend guiding stave selection is not evidence that a ten-stave finish equals a simple bottled-whiskey mixture. The book uses nine weeks here and ten weeks elsewhere; preserve the account rather than force a universal duration.
Carlton, 2017, first edition. E-reader screen captures; not printed page numbers.
Carlton describes a January 2016 session using five stave-finished sample types and graduated-cylinder mixtures. Her group made six trial blends, chose one Seared French Cuvee, three Maker's 46, five Roasted French Mocha and one Toasted French Spice stave, then had the ten staves installed in a barrel for further maturation.
Original PDF screen 80
Original PDF screen 78
Chapter 2 — private selection at Maker's Mark
Paraphrase checked in full-source reading with visual review. Verified means fidelity to this supplied source, not independent confirmation. The five sample categories are not five currently sold consumer bottles. A bench blend guiding stave selection is not evidence that a ten-stave finish equals a simple bottled-whiskey mixture. The book uses nine weeks here and ten weeks elsewhere; preserve the account rather than force a universal duration.
Evidence
Carlton describes a January 2016 session using five stave-finished sample types and graduated-cylinder mixtures. Her group made six trial blends, chose one Seared French Cuvee, three Maker's 46, five Roasted French Mocha and one Toasted French Spice stave, then had the ten staves installed in a barrel for further maturation.
Location and context
Chapter 2 — private selection at Maker's Mark. Original PDF screens 78–80; these are capture indices, not printed pagination. 
Annotation
The five sample categories are not five currently sold consumer bottles. A bench blend guiding stave selection is not evidence that a ten-stave finish equals a simple bottled-whiskey mixture. The book uses nine weeks here and ten weeks elsewhere; preserve the account rather than force a universal duration.