The author emphasizes that people can experience the same bourbon differently and offers descriptors as a shared vocabulary for noticing and communicating sensations, not as a single correct answer key.
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Reader locator: “How to Taste Bourbon,” “Descriptors: Vanilla, Caramel, and More,” paragraph beginning “Everyone’s palate is different”
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Source section: How to Taste Bourbon — Descriptors
A personal disagreement over a flavor note introduces the limits and uses of tasting language.
Supports structured tasting while preserving the observer-conditioned nature of sensory notes.
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