Grasse, Steven. Colonial Spirits: A Toast to Our Drunken History. Illustrated by Reverend Michael Alan. Abrams Image, 2016.
The whiskey section discusses migration, grains, Thorpe and the WhiskeyRebellion.
Steven Grasse, Colonial Spirits (Abrams Image, 2016), supplied PDF screens 343–353.
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Grasse, Colonial Spirits, PDF 343–353.
Whiskey definitions and rebellion narrative
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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Citation
The whiskey section discusses migration, grains, Thorpe and the WhiskeyRebellion.
Location and context
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
PDF348 universal51percent-barley whiskey definition is unsuitable; bourbon criteria incomplete. Thorpe corn drink does not prove distillation; tax-repeal/date and migration myths require checking.
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Verification
Verification is of faithful source representation. It does not independently validate the author's historical, regulatory or health assertions.
Fresh audit clarification
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.