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The environmental dominance conclusion exceeds this observational design. Production choices, casks, age, proof and unblinded descriptive context are not isolated. Uncorrelated finish descriptors do not establish that swallowing is necessary.
The author describes classification of published Jackson single-malt descriptions, with one example per109 distilleries and regional comparisons, then attributes similarities chiefly to environment.
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Evidence and context
The author describes classification of published Jackson single-malt descriptions, with one example per109 distilleries and regional comparisons, then attributes similarities chiefly to environment.
Critical assessment
The environmental dominance conclusion exceeds this observational design. Production choices, casks, age, proof and unblinded descriptive context are not isolated. Uncorrelated finish descriptors do not establish that swallowing is necessary.