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Book(s)Whiskey Knowledge Library / Literature Notes
Main contribution
The reporting contrasts distillers' entry-proof choices and economic constraints, and points toward a Seagram-era study as a research lead. It is useful for explaining that distillation strength, barrel-entry strength, and bottling strength are different decisions.
Evidence and limitations
Do not adopt the article's universal wording that water must always be added before barreling. Its historical legal-change date and mechanistic claims require direct source verification. Distillers' preferences for different entry proofs do not establish one optimum for every process. 'Wood sugars' and tannins should not be treated as interchangeable categories.
Application to the academy
Add a three-stage proof diagram and distinguish controlled research from producer preference. For home blending, changing bottling proof does not recreate years of maturation at a different entry proof.
Scope and locator status
This note covers the supplied web capture, not an entire magazine issue. Use the article title and section headings for public citation; PDF sequence is an internal retrieval aid, not a printed page number. Sticky navigation obscures some lines in the capture, so final coverage verification remains open. Full PDF text and attachments remain private.
Final file QA — 2026-09-20
- All 6 supplied pages open, extract, and render.
- No inaccessible or blank source page was found.
- The article’s proof, water-addition, and wood-chemistry statements are preserved as reported; overbroad legal and mechanistic claims remain held for primary-source support.
