Expert practice, not a blinded sensory standard. The Negroni ratio table was visually checked:1:1:1;1.5:1:1;2:1:0.5;2:1:1. Keep X separate from a low quality score. Do not average scores across incomparable test formats.
2017 edition, supplied 232-page PDF. All readable content and page images reviewed; copyright text partly obscured on PDF8. This located passage is readable. Author-attributed content, not independent factual verification.
Scores evaluate a gin in a named combination, not its universal worth. Flavor camps suggest starting recipes; the book changes proportions for particular gins and uses different test formats for dry gin, Old Tom, wood-influenced spirits and genever. Standard brands, freshness and temperature are part of the context.
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PDF pagination — Evaluation framework, flavor camps and recipe ratios
Source-fidelity and PDF locators checked in extracted text and page images. Expert practice, not a blinded sensory standard. The Negroni ratio table was visually checked:1:1:1;1.5:1:1;2:1:0.5;2:1:1. Keep X separate from a low quality score. Do not average scores across incomparable test formats.
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Evidence
Scores evaluate a gin in a named combination, not its universal worth. Flavor camps suggest starting recipes; the book changes proportions for particular gins and uses different test formats for dry gin, Old Tom, wood-influenced spirits and genever. Standard brands, freshness and temperature are part of the context.
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No access, 2017 edition; PDF 50–59 (printed 46–55); Evaluation framework, flavor camps and recipe ratios. The located text is readable; the separate PDF 8 copyright hold remains.
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Annotation
Expert practice, not a blinded sensory standard. The Negroni ratio table was visually checked:1:1:1;1.5:1:1;2:1:0.5;2:1:1. Keep X separate from a low quality score. Do not average scores across incomparable test formats.