I think the “good stuff” is all about taste. Because say with Jameson I prefer the 18 year over the 21 year. I like the vanilla notes better. So even though one is more than another, the taste is what wins. As well with Suntory’s whisky i find that the $30 bottle (Toki) is about the same as the $70 bottle (Hibiki). Though with Suntory the aged bottles are much better but in recent years have gotten too expensive for me to buy. I’ve seen around $800-1000 for a bottle of 18 year.

NY state is beyond hopeless for regular people.

As a student that works in a research lab and is getting a degree in Sociology studies like these are what is wrong with so much science done nowadays. Absolutely zero account for human and social activity. I don’t understand why researchers try to act like humans are in a perfect controlled environment where we can solely look at number and standardised indications.