A strong concrete example of consistency emerging from designed upstream variation and controlled recombination.
The two-by-five production architecture is durable historical evidence for the source period; the present recipe system and warehouse practices should be verified before current use.
The 2007 profile says Four Roses paired five yeast strains with two mash bills, creating up to ten new-make whiskeys that could be mingled in different proportions; its single-story warehouses were described as reducing maturation-rate differences.
“Four Roses” — production recipes and yeast strains
“Four Roses” — production recipes and yeast strains
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