Historical claims contested; regulatory tables dated and terminology not adopted as current law. Process differences and analytical compound lists do not rank quality.
Chapter by Gary Spedding. Entire chapter reviewed: supplied PDF287–394. Key passages: PDF315–335,364–375.
Raw materials, fermentation, distillation and maturation interact. Wood can add notes while masking fruit character; a larger odorant inventory is not necessarily a better spirit. Raw-agave ensemble production is not the same intervention as blending bottled whiskies.
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Chapter 8 — Mezcal and tequila
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Raw materials, fermentation, distillation and maturation interact. Wood can add notes while masking fruit character; a larger odorant inventory is not necessarily a better spirit. Raw-agave ensemble production is not the same intervention as blending bottled whiskies.
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Gary Spedding, chapter 8, Mezcal and tequila. Supplied PDF 287–394; key passages PDF 315–335, 364–375. Original print pagination differs.
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Historical claims contested; regulatory tables dated and terminology not adopted as current law. Process differences and analytical compound lists do not rank quality.