Hide prestige cues, recipe labels, and age statements during evaluation when possible; reveal metadata after the sensory decision.
The claim concerns mature-barrel selection within Four Roses, where recipe identity is known only after sensory judgment.
Elliott selects candidate barrels blind and reports having chosen examples from all ten recipes, indicating that no recipe code automatically wins or loses selection.
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Blind barrel selection
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