Wisniewski, Ian. The Whisky Dictionary: An A–Z of Whisky, from History & Heritage to Distilling & Drinking. London: Mitchell Beazley, 2019.
Controlled additions of water change flavor perception and offer a comparative tasting method.
Ian Wisniewski, The Whisky Dictionary: An A–Z of Whisky, from History & Heritage to Distilling & Drinking (London: Mitchell Beazley, 2019), Displayed p. 9 / PDF sheet 10.
Ian Wisniewski, The Whisky Dictionary: An A–Z of Whisky, from History & Heritage to Distilling & Drinking (London: Mitchell Beazley, 2019), Displayed p. 9 / PDF sheet 10.
Displayed p. 9 / PDF sheet 10
Wisniewski, Whisky Dictionary, Displayed p. 9 / PDF sheet 10.
Adding Water
Fresh full-copy audit: 302 sheets read and visually surveyed; selected evidence rechecked in enlarged renders. Treat equal-pour comparison as a proposed exercise and flavor direction as the author's experience. Dilution effects are not a universal improvement. The separate solubility explanation on sheet 21 must not be used as an established molecular mechanism. Verification concerns source fidelity, not independent endorsement of every source assertion.
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Full note: Ian Wisniewski, The Whisky Dictionary: An A–Z of Whisky, from History & Heritage to Distilling & Drinking (London: Mitchell Beazley, 2019), displayed p. 9, PDF sheet 10.
Short note: Wisniewski, The Whisky Dictionary, displayed p. 9.
Bibliography: Wisniewski, Ian. The Whisky Dictionary: An A–Z of Whisky, from History & Heritage to Distilling & Drinking. London: Mitchell Beazley, 2019.
Locator
Adding Water, displayed p. 9 / PDF sheet 10.
Linked evidence
Documents controlled dilution as both a perceptual change and a repeatable comparative exercise.
Verification
Fresh full-copy audit — September 29, 2026
Authoritative locator: Displayed p. 9 / PDF sheet 10. This supersedes any older locator in the legacy citation text above.
Treat equal-pour comparison as a proposed exercise and flavor direction as the author's experience. Dilution effects are not a universal improvement. The separate solubility explanation on sheet 21 must not be used as an established molecular mechanism.
The whole supplied copy was read and visually surveyed; the locator was checked in enlarged source images. Source-fidelity verification does not independently validate every historical or scientific claim.