A sample’s surroundings can contribute aromas that are not its own.
Do not treat the crate meltwater as a representative sealed-bottle sample.
Peat contrasts a visitor’s aroma impressions of liquid collecting around the thawing crate with the conservator’s explanation that this liquid combined leachates from packaging, timber, soil, and leaked whisky.
Reviewed against PDF184–186 after all285pages. Proposed Academy use: compare container surroundings with a separately identified liquid sample. This is a sampling-control lesson, not proof every packaging odor transfers into sealed whisky.
Idea
A sample’s surroundings can contribute aromas that are not its own.
Case
Peat contrasts a visitor’s aroma impressions of liquid collecting around the thawing crate with the conservator’s explanation that this liquid combined leachates from packaging, timber, soil, and leaked whisky.
Qualification
Do not treat the crate meltwater as a representative sealed-bottle sample.
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