Greater wood surface per liquid volume is not a direct conversion factor for maturation time or equivalent aged character.
Geometry is relevant to extraction but does not by itself describe all maturation processes.
Table1.8 supports geometric contact comparison only. Test wood intensity, balance and other maturation effects separately; avoid converting small-cask months into large-cask years.
Researcher synthesis grounded in Hill & Jack (2023), chapter1. Linked Literature Note provides exact chapter evidence. Not a tested consumer blend result.
Atomic idea
Greater wood surface per liquid volume is not a direct conversion factor for maturation time or equivalent aged character.
Reasoning
Table1.8 supports geometric contact comparison only. Test wood intensity, balance and other maturation effects separately; avoid converting small-cask months into large-cask years.
Geometry is relevant to extraction but does not by itself describe all maturation processes.
Provenance
Evidence:
Connections
Uses existing approved retrieval tags. This is a research synthesis, not an experimentally established recipe or claim of reproducing a premium bottle.
Maturity checklist
Maturity remains Developing pending broader synthesis and any applicable trial evidence.