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Citation(s) & Footnote(s)
Book(s)An institutional sensory report treats food-pairing tools as experimental aids rather than predictors.
Source argument
Brugger explains that shared-aroma tools can inspire candidate combinations, but they omit ratios and threshold information and operate within a much larger system of processing, matrices, culture, individual perception, taste, texture, and other sensory interactions. Practical experiments remain necessary.
Evidence map
- EXT-327 — DLG treats pairing software as inspiration for further experiments
- EXT-328 — Missing ratios and thresholds prevent pairing software from proving success
- EXT-329 — Perception depends on concentration, processing, matrix, culture, and the eater
- EXT-330 — Food pairing remains experimental because successful prediction is difficult
Researcher synthesis
The report independently corroborates the full caution in ZET-57 and makes the book’s usable rule precise: a matrix organizes experiments; tasting in the finished context decides the pairing.
Assessment
Named-author institutional synthesis with detailed limitations and references. It is strong methodological corroboration but not validation of any whiskey-specific recipe.
