Directly supports Mash Bill as a controlled retrieval term for grain composition rather than a style label or full production procedure. Do not reuse page 103's 51–80 percent corn range as a bourbon maximum; the source itself supplies counterexamples elsewhere.
The passage explains how American whiskey formulations combine principal and supporting grains before the text turns to mashing.
Bryson describes mash bills as grain formulations and illustrates mixed American whiskey compositions in which corn, malt, rye, or wheat occupy different proportions and production roles.
PDF sheet 104
PDF sheet 103
chap. 5, “There’s Magic in the Mash,” “Recipes”
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Evidence
Bryson describes mash bills as grain formulations and illustrates mixed American whiskey compositions in which corn, malt, rye, or wheat occupy different proportions and production roles.
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Start: PDF sheet 103
End: PDF sheet 104
Source section: chap. 5, “There’s Magic in the Mash,” “Recipes”
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Context
The passage explains how American whiskey formulations combine principal and supporting grains before the text turns to mashing.
Annotation
Directly supports Mash Bill as a controlled retrieval term for grain composition rather than a style label or full production procedure. Do not reuse page 103's 51–80 percent corn range as a bourbon maximum; the source itself supplies counterexamples elsewhere.
Verification
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Visually checked against the canonical uploaded PDF on 2026-08-24; text and surrounding context match the rendered page.