Minimum and maximum component proportions derived from sensory intensity, proof, stock, cost, or target role should bound the feasible experiment before trial formulas are generated.
Prematurely narrow limits can exclude a surprising useful formula, so every bound needs a stated rationale and should be revisable in a new design version.
Searching the full simplex wastes alcohol, panel capacity, and time on impossible or obviously irrelevant ratios. Declared bounds also make later choices auditable.
Synthesized from NIST/SEMATECH mixture-design guidance and bounded to a staged consumer-whiskey pilot.
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Atomic idea
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Reasoning
Explain why the idea is true or useful in Rationale and Implications. Record meaningful objections or exceptions in Counterpoints.
Provenance
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Connections
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