Risen, Clay. Single Malt: A Guide to the Whiskies of Scotland. First US edition. New York: Quercus, 2018. eISBN 978-1-68144-106-1.
The Fine Oak10 metadata lists46% ABV at PDF280. The Fine Oak15 entry at PDF282 lists43% ABV but describes its proof as slightly higher than the10-year-old. Those statements are internally inconsistent.
Clay Risen, Single Malt: A Guide to the Whiskies of Scotland (New York: Quercus, 2018), PDF screens 280–282 of the supplied 385-page PDF.
Clay Risen, Single Malt: A Guide to the Whiskies of Scotland (New York: Quercus, 2018), PDF screens 280–282 of the supplied 385-page PDF.
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Risen, Single Malt, PDF screens 280–282.
The Macallan — Fine Oak10 and Fine Oak15
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Clay Risen, Single Malt: A Guide to the Whiskies of Scotland (New York: Quercus, 2018), PDF screens 280–282 of the supplied 385-page PDF.
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Supported evidence
The Fine Oak10 metadata lists46% ABV at PDF280. The Fine Oak15 entry at PDF282 lists43% ABV but describes its proof as slightly higher than the10-year-old. Those statements are internally inconsistent.
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