Corroborates the existing documentary claim that modern rye-only origin assertions are too rigid.
The entry compares historical publication evidence with modern bar orthodoxy.
Meehan notes attribution disputes, changing proportions, and early Manhattan formulas that often specified only whiskey rather than universally requiring rye.
PDF sheet 478
PDF sheet 476
Whisk(e)y Recipes — Manhattan
October 1 fresh audit against the sequential 710-sheet text and individual-visual review. Canonical Source, Literature Note and existing relations retained. Evidence and locator recover the stated practitioner account; underlying historical or causal claims are not independently verified by this check.
Evidence retained from the complete 710-sheet textual and visual review of Meehan's Bartender Manual.
Evidence
Meehan notes attribution disputes, changing proportions, and early Manhattan formulas that often specified only whiskey rather than universally requiring rye.
Location and context
Source section: Whisk(e)y Recipes — Manhattan
Locator: PDF sheets 476–478
The entry compares historical publication evidence with modern bar orthodoxy.
Annotation
Corroborates the existing documentary claim that modern rye-only origin assertions are too rigid.