Separate native-strength and matched-strength comparisons. The source’s 1–2% flavor examples are illustrative, not universal thresholds; higher strength is not established as inherently better. Its before/during-bottling explanation supplies no experiment. The 50mL at60% plus25mL water example gives nominal40% under additive-volume arithmetic, not a precise alcoholometric measurement. The final70-to170cL illustration lacks starting/target strengths. Proposed Academy use: record dilution, temperature and comparison strength rather than assume linear flavor loss.
The Curious Bartender: An Odyssey of Malt, Bourbon & Rye Whiskies (2014); supplied PDF screen numbering, not printed pagination.
The bottling discussion treats water and strength as consequential choices in presenting whiskey.
PDF screen 222; displayed ebook p.97
PDF screen 221; displayed ebook p.97
Bottling strength and dilution
Fresh text and rendered-page inspection of supplied708-screen capture, PDF221–222. Faithful paraphrase and locators verified; adjacent mechanisms, statistics and historical assertions not independently validated.
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Evidence
The bottling discussion treats water and strength as consequential choices in presenting whiskey.
Location and context
The Curious Bartender: An Odyssey of Malt, Bourbon & Rye Whiskies (2014), supplied PDF pp. 221–222. Numbering refers to the preserved PDF, not the printed edition.
Annotation
Separate native-strength and matched-strength comparisons. The source’s 1–2% flavor examples are illustrative, not universal thresholds; higher strength is not established as inherently better. Its before/during-bottling explanation supplies no experiment. The 50mL at60% plus25mL water example gives nominal40% under additive-volume arithmetic, not a precise alcoholometric measurement. The final70-to170cL illustration lacks starting/target strengths. Proposed Academy use: record dilution, temperature and comparison strength rather than assume linear flavor loss.
Verification
Fresh text and rendered-page inspection of supplied708-screen capture, PDF221–222. Faithful paraphrase and locators verified; adjacent mechanisms, statistics and historical assertions not independently validated.
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