Broom 2025 — Local grain can be chosen despite lower yield

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

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1577

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Needs Review

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Citation Summary

Broom reports Chichibu trials of local and older barley varieties, including Golden Melon, accepting lower alcohol yield per tonne while considering possible flavor differences. He also speculates about Ichiro's local roots.

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Local grain can be chosen despite lower yield

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Dave Broom, The Japanese Way of Whisky, rev. ed. (London: Mitchell Beazley, 2025), 74 (displayed ebook pagination; preserved Notion capture).

Full Citation

Dave Broom, The Japanese Way of Whisky, rev. ed. (London: Mitchell Beazley, 2025), 74 (displayed ebook pagination; preserved Notion capture).

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The Japanese Way of Whisky — full-source synthesis

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p. 74; PDF sheet 122

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p. 74; PDF sheet 122

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Short Citation

Broom, Japanese Way of Whisky, 74 (ebook).

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Chichibu

Verification Notes

Citation and locator reconciled against freshly source-audited EXT-1667; displayed ebook p. 74; preserved Notion PDF 122–122 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.

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Dave Broom, The Japanese Way of Whisky, rev. ed. (London: Mitchell Beazley, 2025), 74 (displayed ebook pagination; preserved Notion capture).

p. 74; PDF sheet 122 through p. 74; PDF sheet 122.

Supported passage

Broom reports Chichibu trials of local and older barley varieties, including Golden Melon, accepting lower alcohol yield per tonne while considering possible flavor differences. He also speculates about Ichiro's local roots.

Attribution and limits

Do not conflate alcohol yield with crop yield per hectare. Distinctive flavor is a possibility, not an established trial result; a motive of reinforcing regional roots is explicitly the author's speculation. Proposed Academy use: a comparison framework separating agronomic yield, conversion yield, sensory results and local sourcing narratives.

Verification and use

Citation and locator reconciled against freshly source-audited EXT-1667; displayed ebook p. 74; preserved Notion PDF 122–122 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.