Directly links an American whiskey category's modern revival to mixed-drink use and independently corroborates Broom's plural-service synthesis.
The passage follows a discussion of American whiskey's late-twentieth-century recovery and small-batch bourbon.
MacLean and Smith describe renewed interest in rye whiskey as partly driven by the recent revival of cocktail culture, with rye valued as a mixing whiskey.
p. 75 (PDF sheet 158)
American Whiskey
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Evidence
The exact paraphrase is stored in Excerpt Text. MacLean and Smith connect revived rye popularity partly to the resurgence of cocktail culture and rye's perceived suitability for mixing.
Context
This appears within a discussion of American whiskey's recovery after the late twentieth-century decline.
Annotation
Independent support for treating cocktails as part of modern rye's category history, not merely an optional afterthought.
Verification
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PDF 158 / displayed 75 was reread with surrounding text and page imagery during the supplied-copy review. The passage attributes part of the rye revival to cocktail culture; it is not a quantified causal estimate or proof of all consumers' preferences.
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