A craft designation compresses several independently testable claims

Atomic Statement

A craft designation should be unpacked into ownership, method and scale claims before it is used to explain a spirit.

Claims

Counterpoints

This is an analytical synthesis of a disputed category; it is not a legal definition or a size-based quality test.

Files & media

Literature Notes

Acitelli — Craft identity, scale and sensory claims

Maturity

Developing

Note Type

Synthesis

Originating Working Notes

Rationale and Implications

Review Notes

Root Area

Whiskey

Status

Active

Atomic idea

A craft designation should be unpacked into ownership, method and scale claims before it is used to explain a spirit.

Evidence

Acitelli describes competing definitions based on independence, methods and output, acknowledges that large distilleries can make respected spirits, and advocates small-batch terminology.

Acitelli — Craft definitions and small-batch advocacy

Limits

This is an analytical synthesis of a disputed category; it is not a legal definition or a size-based quality test.

Connections

Acitelli — Craft identity, scale and sensory claims

Production provenance is stage-specific when work crosses facilities: distinguish physical production roles from ownership and evaluative claims.