Branching preserves alternatives and reduces the risk that early attachment to one recipe traps the process in a local optimum.
Paraphrased evidence captured for the consumer whiskey-blending research program.
Christiansen commonly begins with five to ten candidate base blends, narrows them to three or four, adds modifier components, and repeats the narrowing process until a final laboratory formula emerges.
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Developing a New Flavor Profile
Verified against the live ReserveBar interview on 2026-08-29; paraphrase, not quotation.
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