Bryson, Lew. American Whiskey Master Class: The Ultimate Guide to Understanding Bourbon, Rye, and Other American Whiskeys. Beverly, MA: The Harvard Common Press, 2025.
Grain types, proportions, and functional roles in American whiskey mash bills.
Lew Bryson, American Whiskey Master Class (2025), chap. 5, “There’s Magic in the Mash,” “Recipes”.
Bryson, Lew. American Whiskey Master Class: The Ultimate Guide to Understanding Bourbon, Rye, and Other American Whiskeys. Beverly, MA: The Harvard Common Press, 2025. chap. 5, “There’s Magic in the Mash,” “Recipes”.
chap. 5, “There’s Magic in the Mash,” “Recipes”
Bryson 2025, chap. 5, “There’s Magic in the Mash,” “Recipes”
chap. 5, “There’s Magic in the Mash,” “Recipes”
2026-09-16 locator audit: reader locator checked against the supplied 368-sheet ebook. Internal retrieval: PDF sheets 103; these are not printed page numbers. Supersedes legacy locator 103–103. Chapter/section identification is verified; this does not independently validate every historical, legal, or scientific claim in the passage. Earlier verification notes retained below: Bibliographic metadata and locator verified against the uploaded PDF; rendered PDF p. 103 visually checked on 2026-08-24.
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Bryson, American Whiskey Master Class, PDF p. 103, “Recipes.”
Supported use
Defines the ingredients, proportions, and functional roles represented by an American whiskey mash bill.
Verification checklist
September 29 source audit
Checked against the supplied 2025 edition, 368 PDF sheets: PDF sheets 103–104, chap. 5, “There’s Magic in the Mash,” “Recipes”. These are digital-file coordinates, not printed pagination. The section locator in the formatted citation remains usable.
Do not reuse page 103's 51–80 percent corn range as a bourbon maximum; the source itself supplies counterexamples elsewhere.
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