1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 Eric kicks off 2026 with an audio essay rant targeted at the ham-fisted &quot;percentage&quot; math that people use to answer the question: &quot;How much of a whiskey's flavor comes from the barrel?&quot; In the censored words of George Carlin: &quot;It's all BS, and it's bad for ya.&quot; 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. The Modern Bar Cart Podcast https://www.modernbarcart.com <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/39908575/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/e57d18/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/content/197962600