A key rule for brand history: evaluate continuity of company, trademark, site, recipe, personnel, and stock as separate questions.
The chapter separates the return of whiskey production from later heritage narratives of uninterrupted lineage.
Only a limited number of firms had the capital and expertise to reopen quickly after repeal. New partnerships combined distilling knowledge with outside finance, while revived brands borrowed historic names even when company, site, recipe, and ownership continuity had diverged.
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Chapter Twelve — The Resurrection
September 29 fresh audit: matched to supplied PDF sheets 138–145. These are PDF sheet numbers, not the print-edition pagination used in the index. Verification concerns source fidelity, not independent historical/scientific corroboration.
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Evidence
Only a limited number of firms had the capital and expertise to reopen quickly after repeal. New partnerships combined distilling knowledge with outside finance, while revived brands borrowed historic names even when company, site, recipe, and ownership continuity had diverged.
Locator
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Start: 138
End: 145
Source section: Chapter Twelve — The Resurrection
Context
The chapter separates the return of whiskey production from later heritage narratives of uninterrupted lineage.
Annotation
A key rule for brand history: evaluate continuity of company, trademark, site, recipe, personnel, and stock as separate questions.
Verification
Status: Verified
September 29 fresh audit: matched to supplied PDF sheets 138–145. These are PDF sheet numbers, not the print-edition pagination used in the index. Verification concerns source fidelity, not independent historical/scientific corroboration.