Researcher assessment: small heterogeneous comparisons and incomplete mass balances do not establish a universal mechanism or optimum age.
Tables combine separately sampled spirits with limited repeated observations; cask and bottle changes and liquid/alcohol quantities are reported on differing bases.
507
489
Physical PDF pages; distinct subranges specified in assessment
Checked in fresh complete reading with relevant figures/tables enlarged. Verified denotes fidelity of the located description, not independent validation of the author's claims.
Located evidence
Tables combine separately sampled spirits with limited repeated observations; cask and bottle changes and liquid/alcohol quantities are reported on differing bases.
Critical assessment
Researcher assessment: small heterogeneous comparisons and incomplete mass balances do not establish a universal mechanism or optimum age.
Locator and relationship
J. A. Nettleton, The Manufacture of Whisky and Plain Spirit (1913), physical PDF 489–507. This is a synthesis, not a quotation.
