Fresh audit: PDF348's universal51%barley definition is wrong under27CFR5.143; bourbon requires new charred oak and US distillation/aging. Thorpe's mid1600s date350 conflicts with1620arrival/1622death (Virginia Humanities). TTB dates tax repeal1802, not1801. The isolated corn-drink quote is not independent proof of first whiskey; migration claims remain unverified.
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The whiskey section discusses migration, grains, Thorpe and the WhiskeyRebellion.
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Whiskey definitions and rebellion narrative
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The whiskey section discusses migration, grains, Thorpe and the WhiskeyRebellion.
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Steven Grasse, Colonial Spirits (Abrams Image, 2016), supplied PDF screens 343–353: Whiskey definitions and rebellion narrative. These locators refer to the supplied screenshot PDF, not printed pagination. Research paraphrase; no verbatim quotation is being asserted.
Qualification
Fresh audit: PDF348's universal51%barley definition is wrong under27CFR5.143; bourbon requires new charred oak and US distillation/aging. Thorpe's mid1600s date350 conflicts with1620arrival/1622death (Virginia Humanities). TTB dates tax repeal1802, not1801. The isolated corn-drink quote is not independent proof of first whiskey; migration claims remain unverified.
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