Useful practitioner evidence for participatory curation; program rules, availability, and pricing are time-bound.
The author describes multiple private-selection programs from direct participation and explains their retail mediation and product variation.
Retailers, restaurants, clubs, and other groups can compare selected barrel samples, choose a barrel or small mingling through the three-tier sales channel, and receive a producer-bottled private selection whose differences, proof, recipe, age, and yield depend on the program.
“How to Buy Your Own Barrel of Bourbon”
“How to Buy Your Own Barrel of Bourbon”
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Retailers, restaurants, clubs, and other groups can compare selected barrel samples, choose a barrel or small mingling through the three-tier sales channel, and receive a producer-bottled private selection whose differences, proof, recipe, age, and yield depend on the program.
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The author describes multiple private-selection programs from direct participation and explains their retail mediation and product variation.
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Useful practitioner evidence for participatory curation; program rules, availability, and pricing are time-bound.
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