Separate technical capability from permitted practice.
Innovation operates inside category rules and identity claims.
Whisky definitions and production traditions can limit which organisms and methods are legally or culturally acceptable even when technically feasible.
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Whisky definitions and production traditions can limit which organisms and methods are legally or culturally acceptable even when technically feasible.
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Source section: Conclusions
Context: Innovation operates inside category rules and identity claims.
Interpretation and caution
Separate technical capability from permitted practice.
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