Supports separating an exploratory inventory-discovery phase from target-led optimization after a promising direction is chosen.
The founders contrast explicitly sourced projects with discovery-led work arising from available samples.
Some Lost Lantern projects begin with a predetermined theme and source toward it; others emerge from tasting the cask library, and a preferred formula may abandon the initial geographic or mash-bill concept.
Q&A: How do you approach blend choices?
Blend-choice methodology
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