This is a practitioner-facing critique of coarse regional categories. Broom's occasional sensory reading of landscape remains interpretation rather than scientific proof.
Terroir essay following the global production diagrams.
Broom argues that broad political whisky regions often conceal meaningful differences; site, people and culture, materials, and production choices are more useful causal lenses than assuming one regional flavor profile.
pp. 20–21 (PDF sheets 24–25)
Terroir
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Verified paraphrase from The World Atlas of Whisky, pp. 20–21 (PDF sheets 24–25).
Evidence
Broom argues that broad political whisky regions often conceal meaningful differences; site, people and culture, materials, and production choices are more useful causal lenses than assuming one regional flavor profile.
Context
Terroir essay following the global production diagrams.
Annotation
This is a practitioner-facing critique of coarse regional categories. Broom's occasional sensory reading of landscape remains interpretation rather than scientific proof.