Use as a material and social model of early production. The recipes are primary-source evidence; broader claims about typicality remain Veach’s synthesis.
Veach reconstructs the economic function and operating scale of early distilling from court records, family papers, and recipes.
Early western distilling was a seasonal farm and milling activity: small stills converted local corn, rye, or wheat into a more portable product for cash or barter, and neighbors often shared equipment. Surviving Pennington and Catherine Carpenter recipes document mixed-grain, sweet-mash, and sour-mash practice rather than immutable family formulas.
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Chapter One — Farmer Distillers and the Whiskey Rebellion
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Early western distilling was a seasonal farm and milling activity: small stills converted local corn, rye, or wheat into a more portable product for cash or barter, and neighbors often shared equipment. Surviving Pennington and Catherine Carpenter recipes document mixed-grain, sweet-mash, and sour-mash practice rather than immutable family formulas.
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Source section: Chapter One — Farmer Distillers and the Whiskey Rebellion
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Veach reconstructs the economic function and operating scale of early distilling from court records, family papers, and recipes.
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Use as a material and social model of early production. The recipes are primary-source evidence; broader claims about typicality remain Veach’s synthesis.
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