Strengthens the existing cross-functional-apprenticeship Zettel and supports a carefully qualified claim about master-distiller authority as diagnostic process knowledge.
This is one practitioner's account of training and expertise in a particular company and era.
Russell describes working across grain intake, equipment, distillation, aging, and bottling before becoming master distiller. He distinguishes simply noticing that whiskey tastes wrong from diagnosing which production or warehouse condition caused the result.
“Wild Turkey” — Jimmy Russell interview, on distillery experience and sensory evaluation
“Wild Turkey” — Jimmy Russell interview, on distillery experience and sensory evaluation
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