# Episode 308 - Your Whiskey Math is Bullsh*t

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Podcast: [The Modern Bar Cart Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-modern-bar-cart-podcast-1120744)
Published: 2026-01-28T12:53:00+00:00
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## Resource

Eric kicks off 2026 with an audio essay rant targeted at the ham-fisted "percentage" math that people use to answer the question: "How much of a whiskey's flavor comes from the barrel?" In the censored words of George Carlin: "It's all BS, and it's bad for ya." To demonstrate this, we sift through GC-MS whiskey sample results, human neurobiology, and behavioral economics. In the end, it's a poorly posed question invented to solve a problem that doesn't exist, and it colors our expectations about flavor in harmful ways.

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