Target fit differs from age, complexity or price. The orchestra analogy illustrates a strategy rather than proving that every blend is balanced or improved. Stock percentages, market shares, ownership and Oban allocation are dated 2014 assertions, not current verification. Canadian pre-maturation blending is described comparatively, not as every producer’s method. Proposed Academy use: compare a stable-target brief with varying available components and explicit stock limits.
The Curious Bartender: An Odyssey of Malt, Bourbon & Rye Whiskies (2014); supplied PDF screen numbering, not printed pagination.
Stephenson presents blending as sensory balancing alongside consistency, price and stock-management decisions.
PDF screen 213; displayed ebook p.94
PDF screen 211; displayed ebook p.92
Blending
Fresh text and rendered-page inspection of supplied708-screen capture, PDF211–213. Faithful paraphrase and locators verified; adjacent mechanisms, statistics and historical assertions not independently validated.
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Evidence
Stephenson presents blending as sensory balancing alongside consistency, price and stock-management decisions.
Location and context
The Curious Bartender: An Odyssey of Malt, Bourbon & Rye Whiskies (2014), supplied PDF pp. 211–213. Numbering refers to the preserved PDF, not the printed edition.
Annotation
Target fit differs from age, complexity or price. The orchestra analogy illustrates a strategy rather than proving that every blend is balanced or improved. Stock percentages, market shares, ownership and Oban allocation are dated 2014 assertions, not current verification. Canadian pre-maturation blending is described comparatively, not as every producer’s method. Proposed Academy use: compare a stable-target brief with varying available components and explicit stock limits.
Verification
Fresh text and rendered-page inspection of supplied708-screen capture, PDF211–213. Faithful paraphrase and locators verified; adjacent mechanisms, statistics and historical assertions not independently validated.