Use the blog for the series, and since you’re already comfortable customising Pipeline, create an alternate article template (e.g. article.guide) that adds a Melia product callout section below or beside the content. That gives you the structure and SEO benefits of a blog with a bit of the design flexibility of a page, and every post gets a built-in route to the product. If one piece ends up as a cornerstone guide, you can always build it as a page later and link the blog posts into it.
