Prior published consumer-blending recipes narrow novelty claims for an Academy framework. Scale by each actual total rather than assuming one litre. English Country Garden contains 10% American rye despite the creative Scotch Blend II heading; do not use that heading as category validation. Sweetshop contains 47.619% Girvan by volume. Its printed Glengadam spelling should be checked before sourcing. Dated expressions and unspecified bottle strengths prevent an exact finished-proof calculation or a guaranteed modern reproduction. Flavor metaphors describe an intended experience; they do not establish added sugar, chemical composition, sensory superiority or equivalence to rare whisky.
Tristan Stephenson, The Curious Bartender: An Odyssey of Malt, Bourbon & Rye Whiskies (2014). Preserved PDF screens 578–591; displayed book page(s) 232–239.
The five named recipes target Highland balance, floral and herbal notes, fruit and nut, confectionery aromas, and mature wood and leather. Recalculated from the printed metric amounts, their totals are respectively 1,100, 1,000, 1,000, 1,050 and 1,100 mL, with seven, eight, six, seven and six ingredients.
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Five published flavor-targeted home blends
Fresh sequential text and visual audit of PDF screens 576–591; all five metric recipe totals recalculated. Verified denotes faithful source representation and arithmetic, not independent tasting validation.
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Evidence
The five named recipes target Highland balance, floral and herbal notes, fruit and nut, confectionery aromas, and mature wood and leather. Recalculated from the printed metric amounts, their totals are respectively 1,100, 1,000, 1,000, 1,050 and 1,100 mL, with seven, eight, six, seven and six ingredients.
Location and context
The Curious Bartender: An Odyssey of Malt, Bourbon & Rye Whiskies (2014), supplied PDF pp. 578–591. Numbering refers to the preserved PDF, not the printed edition.
Annotation
Prior published consumer-blending recipes narrow novelty claims for an Academy framework. Scale by each actual total rather than assuming one litre. English Country Garden contains 10% American rye despite the creative Scotch Blend II heading; do not use that heading as category validation. Sweetshop contains 47.619% Girvan by volume. Its printed Glengadam spelling should be checked before sourcing. Dated expressions and unspecified bottle strengths prevent an exact finished-proof calculation or a guaranteed modern reproduction. Flavor metaphors describe an intended experience; they do not establish added sugar, chemical composition, sensory superiority or equivalence to rare whisky.
Verification
Fresh sequential text and visual audit of PDF screens 576–591; all five metric recipe totals recalculated. Verified denotes faithful source representation and arithmetic, not independent tasting validation. No quotation is presented as verbatim. Displayed book page(s): 232–239.
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