The sour-mash account conflates spent distillation backset with fermentation remnants and yeast provision. Crow invention, Hope firstness and universal pot/column sequences cannot be adopted as established facts or operating instructions.
Sour mash, Hope Distillery and stills
The narrative juxtaposes sour-mash development, the large Hope Distillery, steam power and improved stills with the growth of commercial bourbon. Its historical and technical sidebars compress several processes and competing invention stories into a simple progression.
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Sour mash, Hope Distillery and stills
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Evidence
The narrative juxtaposes sour-mash development, the large Hope Distillery, steam power and improved stills with the growth of commercial bourbon. Its historical and technical sidebars compress several processes and competing invention stories into a simple progression.
Location and context
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Annotation
The sour-mash account conflates spent distillation backset with fermentation remnants and yeast provision. Crow invention, Hope firstness and universal pot/column sequences cannot be adopted as established facts or operating instructions.