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The source explains the project’s design and consumer-facing bottling program.
The192-barrel Single Oak Project varied mashbill, warehouse floor type, stave seasoning duration, char level, tree half, wood-grain size and entry proof. The book reports consumer ratings and selection of barrel80; this design description does not itself establish replicated causal effects.
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Chapter 15 — Single Oak Project
Fresh full-copy audit, 2026-09-29. PDF168–171, visually checked169–170: seven factors are mashbill,warehouse type,seasoning,char,tree half,grain size,entry proof. Stave thickness was an error in prior library paraphrase.192unique treatments do not themselves establish replication or causal isolation;5086/192=26.49 versusreported26.2. Company's2026release confirms factors and announces Barrel80 recreation;book2025date was forecast. https://cms.buffalotracedistillery.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/FINAL_SOP_Experimental-2026-Press-Release.pdf
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