Source supports the author's account, not a universal frequency claim about use. His18-year minimum for aloeswood character, sensory acidity claim, botanical explanation and historical dates need corroboration; do not teach them as universal thresholds or measured chemistry. The wood photograph illustrates grain structure without proving permeability or aroma causation. Useful for discussing cost, cask performance and component intensity separately.
Mizunara sidebar, preserved Notion sheets145–146. Cooperage constraints precede aroma descriptions and the assertion that intensity makes these casks useful blend components.
Broom describes mizunara as porous, scarce, and hard to cooper, with mature aromatic character often deployed as one component rather than as the whole whisky.
p.90; preserved Notion PDF sheet146
p. 90; PDF sheet 145
Mizunara
Fresh text and rendered-page audit of preserved420-sheet copy145–146, including wood photograph. Locator extended to the actual component-use passage. Source fidelity verified; scientific and historical claims not independently established.
Evidence
Broom describes mizunara as porous, scarce, and hard to cooper, with mature aromatic character often deployed as one component rather than as the whole whisky.
Location and context
p. 90; PDF sheet 145 through p.90; preserved Notion PDF sheet146. Screen numbers refer to the preserved420-sheet Notion attachment, not the383-sheet Movies capture.
Mizunara sidebar, preserved Notion sheets145–146. Cooperage constraints precede aroma descriptions and the assertion that intensity makes these casks useful blend components.
Critical assessment and Academy use
Source supports the author's account, not a universal frequency claim about use. His18-year minimum for aloeswood character, sensory acidity claim, botanical explanation and historical dates need corroboration; do not teach them as universal thresholds or measured chemistry. The wood photograph illustrates grain structure without proving permeability or aroma causation. Useful for discussing cost, cask performance and component intensity separately.
Verification
Fresh text and rendered-page audit of preserved420-sheet copy145–146, including wood photograph. Locator extended to the actual component-use passage. Source fidelity verified; scientific and historical claims not independently established.
Source, citation, Literature Note and tag relations retained. Full-book copy collation and remaining linked-record audits remain open.