Supports observer-conditioned storage of tasting notes. Exclude the nearby universal claims about caramel, finish length, legs, color, and quality.
The book connects professional tasting vocabulary with individual histories of food, smoke, agriculture, and place.
Minnick uses examples from different tasters to show that specific descriptors reflect prior sensory experience and memory, so two people can report different but meaningful language for the same whiskey.
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Tasting method and sensory vocabulary
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