Blind Barrels. “Blind Whiskey Tasting: A Complete Guide to the Process.” August 6, 2026. https://blindbarrels.com/blogs/whiskey-insights/blind-whiskey-tasting. User-supplied 15-page PDF capture reviewed September 6, 2026.
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Blind Barrels, “Blind Whiskey Tasting: A Complete Guide to the Process,” August 6, 2026, “How Expectations Shape Perception — infographic,” supplied PDF, p. 6, https://blindbarrels.com/blogs/whiskey-insights/blind-whiskey-tasting.
Blind Barrels, “Blind Whiskey Tasting: A Complete Guide to the Process,” August 6, 2026, “How Expectations Shape Perception — infographic,” supplied PDF, p. 6, https://blindbarrels.com/blogs/whiskey-insights/blind-whiskey-tasting.
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Bibliography: Blind Barrels. “Blind Whiskey Tasting: A Complete Guide to the Process.” August 6, 2026. https://blindbarrels.com/blogs/whiskey-insights/blind-whiskey-tasting. User-supplied 15-page PDF capture reviewed September 6, 2026.
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Visual transcription paraphrased and checked against rendered PDF p.6. The article's BMJ hyperlink identifies a whisky category-discrimination paper, not this claimed wine-label experiment. Do not reuse the percentage, attribution or image as verified evidence. This is an evidence-quality warning, not proof that expectation effects do not exist.