Supports the portable-value mechanism within a bounded regional setting.
The passage explains a western-frontier production and transport adaptation, not the entire national whiskey-versus-rum transition.
TTB’s history states that western farmers facing poor roads and distant eastern markets distilled surplus grain into whiskey because the resulting product was easier to transport.
End of paragraph
“Frustration on the Frontier,” paragraph beginning “While eastern farmers…”
Frustration on the Frontier
Poor-road, distant-market, surplus-grain, and transportability statements checked on the TTB page on 2026-08-26.
Verified paraphrase of TTB’s western-frontier transport mechanism.
Evidence
TTB’s history states that western farmers facing poor roads and distant eastern markets distilled surplus grain into whiskey because the resulting product was easier to transport.
Location and context
“Frustration on the Frontier,” paragraph beginning “While eastern farmers…,” through the end of the paragraph. The mechanism is regional and does not by itself explain the national whiskey-versus-rum transition.
Annotation
Supports the portable-value component of CLM-47 within a bounded western-frontier setting.