Martini — Texas Whiskey — p. 13–14 — modern Texas whiskey milestones

Martini, Nico. Texas Whiskey: World-Class Bourbons, Premier Ryes, and New Single Malts from the Lone Star State. Kennebunkport, ME: Cider Mill Press, 2021.

Martini distinguishes two milestones in the modern Texas industry: Garrison Brothers produced whiskey first, while Balcones brought the first Texas whiskey to market, releasing a five-week-old corn whiskey in September 2009.

Nico Martini, Texas Whiskey: World-Class Bourbons, Premier Ryes, and New Single Malts from the Lone Star State (Kennebunkport, ME: Cider Mill Press, 2021), 13–14.

Nico Martini, Texas Whiskey: World-Class Bourbons, Premier Ryes, and New Single Malts from the Lone Star State (Kennebunkport, ME: Cider Mill Press, 2021), 13–14.

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Martini, Texas Whiskey, 13–14.

Introduction

Fresh September29,2026 audit: Complete-copy PDF sheets 16–17; displayed ebook pp. 13–14. Underlying excerpt and2021 attribution rechecked against sequential reading. Dated secondary account only. PDF16 gives five weeks before the 2009 release, whereas PDF332 gives two weeks from Dan Garrison's perspective. Earlier timeline also gives2008. Preserve contradictory accounts and verify primary production/release records before any first-ever claim.