A practical precedent for sensory roles; dated plant practice rather than universal categories.
The Curious Bartender’s Whiskey Road Trip (2019); supplied PDF numbering.
Barrels are grouped by spicy, floral/grassy, fruity/malty and woody character before combining for house balance.
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Dad’s Hat: sensory sorting of barrels
Faithful source paraphrase; not independent validation of its claims.
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Evidence
Barrels are grouped by spicy, floral/grassy, fruity/malty and woody character before combining for house balance.
Tristan Stephenson, The Curious Bartender’s Whiskey Road Trip (Ryland Peters & Small, 2019), supplied PDF pp. 91–94.
Interpretation and verification
A practical precedent for sensory roles; dated plant practice rather than universal categories. Checked as a source paraphrase, not independent proof. Locator uses supplied PDF pages rather than printed pages.
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