These are surviving printed boundaries. They support Bourbon County over Bourbon Street but do not prove the exact day or actor that fixed the name. The negative result is bounded by the author's newspaper corpus and search method. Association with Bourbon County does not resolve the exact etymology or establish the first production event.
The comparison uses place, chronology, and wording rather than relying on a single romantic origin story.
The Bourbon Street naming theory lacks period support. Hannush identifies “Bourbon whiskey” in New Orleans in 1842, a Bourbon County newspaper use in 1821, and an 1826 Natchez advertisement for “Old Bourbon County Whiskey,” while reporting no pre-Civil War evidence for the phrase “Bourbon Street whiskey.”
PDF sheet 144
PDF sheet 134
Chapter 9 — Bourbon Street Whiskey
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Verified paraphrase from Whiskey Lore: Volume One.
Evidence
The Bourbon Street naming theory lacks period support. Hannush identifies “Bourbon whiskey” in New Orleans in 1842, a Bourbon County newspaper use in 1821, and an 1826 Natchez advertisement for “Old Bourbon County Whiskey,” while reporting no pre-Civil War evidence for the phrase “Bourbon Street whiskey.”
Location and context
- Section: Chapter 9 — Bourbon Street Whiskey
- Locator: PDF sheets 134–144
The comparison uses place, chronology, and wording rather than relying on a single romantic origin story.
Annotation
These are surviving printed boundaries. They support Bourbon County over Bourbon Street but do not prove the exact day or actor that fixed the name. The negative result is bounded by the author's newspaper corpus and search method. Association with Bourbon County does not resolve the exact etymology or establish the first production event.
Related synthesis: whole-book Literature Note.