Shows that cask management is a portfolio and quality-control system, not merely a barrel purchase.
Although written from Scotch practice, wood policy supplies a transferable governance model for American cask selection and blending.
Conner defines wood policy as control of cask sourcing, reuse, regeneration, activity, history, refill count, storage time, and warehouse environment. An effective policy matches the sensory character of new make with casks capable of producing the target product and may move a cask from heavier to lighter spirit as its activity declines.
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Chapter 16 — Wood policy
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