Broom 2025 — Age is a poor standalone proxy for maturity

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Broom, Dave. The Japanese Way of Whisky. Revised edition. London: Mitchell Beazley, 2025.

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1572

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Needs Review

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Chicago Notes and Bibliography

Citation Summary

Broom presents Jota Tanaka's use of no-age-statement blending as access to a wider stock palette and describes maturation as different developmental curves for spirit styles, cask types and warehouse positions.

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Age is a poor standalone proxy for maturity

Footnote Text

Dave Broom, The Japanese Way of Whisky, rev. ed. (London: Mitchell Beazley, 2025), 24 (displayed ebook pagination; preserved Notion capture).

Full Citation

Dave Broom, The Japanese Way of Whisky, rev. ed. (London: Mitchell Beazley, 2025), 24 (displayed ebook pagination; preserved Notion capture).

Literature Notes

The Japanese Way of Whisky — full-source synthesis

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p. 24; PDF sheet 39

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p. 24; PDF sheet 39

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Short Citation

Broom, Japanese Way of Whisky, 24 (ebook).

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Mount Fuji

Verification Notes

Citation and locator reconciled against freshly source-audited EXT-1662; displayed ebook p. 24; preserved Notion PDF 39–39 of 420. Notion420 and Movies383 are distinct captures. Passage verified, but publisher pagination/copy completeness remains unresolved. Use the linked excerpt's attribution and limitations; no independent factual validation or public placement is implied.

Source and locator

Dave Broom, The Japanese Way of Whisky, rev. ed. (London: Mitchell Beazley, 2025), 24 (displayed ebook pagination; preserved Notion capture).

p. 24; PDF sheet 39 through p. 24; PDF sheet 39.

Supported passage

Broom presents Jota Tanaka's use of no-age-statement blending as access to a wider stock palette and describes maturation as different developmental curves for spirit styles, cask types and warehouse positions.

Attribution and limits

Useful for distinguishing age from desired maturity. This is an attributed producer account and the author's conceptual explanation, not a measured maturation model or evidence that NAS whisky is generally superior. Product availability belongs to the narrated period.

Verification and use

Citation and locator reconciled against freshly source-audited EXT-1662; displayed ebook p. 24; preserved Notion PDF 39–39 of 420. Notion420 and Movies383 are distinct captures. Passage verified, but publisher pagination/copy completeness remains unresolved. Use the linked excerpt's attribution and limitations; no independent factual validation or public placement is implied.

Existing Source, Excerpt and Literature Note relations are retained. This audit does not add a public course placement.