Supports a broad bourbon–orchard-fruit hypothesis; actual results depend on fruit, whiskey profile, quantity, and preparation.
A category-level recommendation for apple, pear, and quince.
The pome-fruit section lists bourbon among the best pairings for apple, pear, and quince, together with citrus, seafood, wine, brandy, vinegar, olives, spices, dairy, and nuts.
printed p. 186 / local PDF sheet 659
Pome Fruit — best pairings
2026-09-28: Fresh full-text and page-survey check at PDF 659. Pome-fruit pairing remains a practitioner hypothesis with preparation and dose unresolved. Verification concerns faithful source representation, not independent validation. Original source retains a material visual-layout gap.
September 28 — Audit Qualification
2026-09-28: Fresh full-text and page-survey check at PDF 659. Pome-fruit pairing remains a practitioner hypothesis with preparation and dose unresolved. Verification concerns faithful source representation, not independent validation. Original source retains a material visual-layout gap.
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Evidence
The pome-fruit section lists bourbon among the best pairings for apple, pear, and quince.
Locator
printed p. 186 / local PDF sheet 659
Research use
Supports an orchard-fruit hypothesis whose result still depends on fruit, whiskey, quantity, and preparation.
Verification
Checked against the extracted text and sequential rendered review of the supplied local PDF on 2026-08-27. Linked to LIT-59 and CLM-52.