No fixed blind protocol, sample size, standardized dilution, variance or independent repeat specified. Ordinal intensity is not preference, and equal scores do not prove desirable balance. Producer remarks and panel observations require separate attribution.
2015 practitioner source, fully read. Source-record verification is not independent validation or publication clearance.
Panelists repeatedly smelled, tasted, discussed and sometimes diluted or retested in a drink. Aroma, bitterness and sweetness are rated0–5; body, color, alcohol strength and origin accompany amari.
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PDF 361
How to use the guide361–376; amaro dimensions559–566
Text and relevant rendered page images checked; paraphrase, not quotation. Locators refer to supplied661-page reflow PDF.
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Evidence
Panelists repeatedly smelled, tasted, discussed and sometimes diluted or retested in a drink. Aroma, bitterness and sweetness are rated0–5; body, color, alcohol strength and origin accompany amari.
Location and context
No access, How to use the guide361–376; amaro dimensions559–566. Locators use the supplied661-page PDF; do not infer print pagination or that the entire bounding range is one continuous passage.
Annotation
No fixed blind protocol, sample size, standardized dilution, variance or independent repeat specified. Ordinal intensity is not preference, and equal scores do not prove desirable balance. Producer remarks and panel observations require separate attribution.
Provenance and verification
Analysis: Bitterman’s Field Guide to Bitters and Amari — Full-source analysis. Citation:
BF11 — Bitterman (2015) — Sensory panel method: intensity is not quality.
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