Supports modeling distilling, sourcing, flavoring, bottling, ownership, and marketing as separate roles. Corroborate case-specific facts with later court, company, and regulatory records before publication. Historical 2014 dispute in the 2015 afterword; no present-day legal or commercial allegation. Sourcing alone is not deception; alleged additives are not chemically characterized here.
The account describes a 2014 controversy and then-pending litigation. It is useful as a dated provenance case, not as a current legal or commercial status record.
In the 2015 afterword, Rogers uses the then-current Templeton dispute to distinguish a whiskey's distilling source, sourced MGP rye, post-distillation flavoring, consumer-facing brand story, and claimed historical continuity.
PDF sheet 204
PDF sheet 199
2015 afterword — sourced rye, Templeton, and MGP
Fresh September 28–29 audit: all 319 supplied PDF sheets text-read; relevant passage and locator checked. Paraphrase checked against the full reading; visual survey is distinct from detailed image review. Historical 2014 dispute in the 2015 afterword; no present-day legal or commercial allegation. Sourcing alone is not deception; alleged additives are not chemically characterized here.
Evidence
In the 2015 afterword, Rogers uses the then-current Templeton dispute to distinguish a whiskey's distilling source, sourced MGP rye, post-distillation flavoring, consumer-facing brand story, and claimed historical continuity.
Locator
PDF sheet 199 to PDF sheet 204; 2015 afterword — sourced rye, Templeton, and MGP. Locators refer to the supplied 319-sheet capture, not ebook display pages.
Context
The account describes a 2014 controversy and then-pending litigation. It is useful as a dated provenance case, not as a current legal or commercial status record.
Annotation
Supports modeling distilling, sourcing, flavoring, bottling, ownership, and marketing as separate roles. Corroborate case-specific facts with later court, company, and regulatory records before publication.
Historical 2014 dispute in the 2015 afterword; no present-day legal or commercial allegation. Sourcing alone is not deception; alleged additives are not chemically characterized here.
Fresh verification
Passage and locator checked during the September 28–29 full textual review. This paraphrase is a bounded synthesis, not a direct quotation. All 319 sheets text-read; visual survey of all sheets and 27 detailed page images recorded separately. Verification confirms source fidelity, not independent truth of every assertion. Existing relations and record identity preserved.