Nettleton disputes the inference that moss water necessarily explains a lower collection strength, citing contrary practices and commercial choices. This records his argument, not an independent measurement of water's effect.
J. A. Nettleton, The Manufacture of Whisky and Plain Spirit (Aberdeen: G. Cornwall & Sons, 1913), 309; supplied scan, physical PDF 364.
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Water, collection strength and intended style
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Nettleton disputes the inference that moss water necessarily explains a lower collection strength, citing contrary practices and commercial choices. This records his argument, not an independent measurement of water's effect.
Nettleton 1913 — Water, collection strength and intended style
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