Corroborates the model of maturity as a managed state shaped by cask geometry, temperature, prediction, and sensory intervention.
The passage reports Chip Tate's intensive approach rather than treating a small barrel as a simple time shortcut.
Balcones used many simultaneous barrel samples and active monitoring because small casks extract wood influence quickly and respond rapidly to temperature change.
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Chapter 1 — Balcones Distilling
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