Carson53 explicitly says the inventor is unknown; do not reduce his position to unqualified Craig authorship. Sour/sweet mash explanation58 requires technical correction.
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Carson presents competing Kentucky origin traditions, questions the Pepper founding slogan, and explicitly concludes that the inventor of bourbon is unknown.
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Chapter 4 — The First True Bourbon
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