Do not use this popular overview as operating instructions. Flag fixed first-five-percent heads simplification, the glossary’s methane wording, fixed barrel-flavor percentages, limestone generalizations and new make called bourbon. Cork and barrels come from different oak types. Closure dates and production figures are historical.
Carlton, 2017, first edition. E-reader screen captures; not printed page numbers.
The production tour follows mash bills, grain preparation, water, backset, fermentation, yeast, column/pot distillation, maturation, cooperage and closures. Brown-Forman's cooperage account covers seasoning, assembling staves, steaming, toasting and charring, heads, hoops, bung hole and leak checking. Jelinek's cork-stopper account adds packaging and apprenticeship context.
Original PDF screen 139
Original PDF screen 100
Chapter 3 — From Mash to Masterpiece
Paraphrase checked in full-source reading with visual review. Verified means fidelity to this supplied source, not independent confirmation. Do not use this popular overview as operating instructions. Flag fixed first-five-percent heads simplification, the glossary’s methane wording, fixed barrel-flavor percentages, limestone generalizations and new make called bourbon. Cork and barrels come from different oak types. Closure dates and production figures are historical. September 29 fresh review: Fresh visual review: wooden fermenter108; copper equipment112; stave assembly114; barrel charring126; head charring128; inspection130; cork bark/closures/assembly133–137. These illustrate stages, not specifications. Design for/by Ability naming differs between prose and caption.
Evidence
The production tour follows mash bills, grain preparation, water, backset, fermentation, yeast, column/pot distillation, maturation, cooperage and closures. Brown-Forman's cooperage account covers seasoning, assembling staves, steaming, toasting and charring, heads, hoops, bung hole and leak checking. Jelinek's cork-stopper account adds packaging and apprenticeship context.
Location and context
Chapter 3 — From Mash to Masterpiece. Original PDF screens 100–139; these are capture indices, not printed pagination. 
Annotation
Do not use this popular overview as operating instructions. Flag fixed first-five-percent heads simplification, the glossary’s methane wording, fixed barrel-flavor percentages, limestone generalizations and new make called bourbon. Cork and barrels come from different oak types. Closure dates and production figures are historical.