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A proposed vocabulary aid is not evidence that panels will use it reliably.
The article introduces the tool's intended users and scope.
The proposed wheel is intended to help American craft distillers assess positive aromas and off-notes from raw materials through maturation while acknowledging the difficulty of standardizing aromas objectively.
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