Reigler, Susan. Kentucky Bourbon Country: The Essential Travel Guide. 3rd ed. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2020.
No evidence for the Elijah Craig invention story and multiple competing bourbon-name explanations.
Susan Reigler, Kentucky Bourbon Country: The Essential Travel Guide, 3rd ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2020), Chapter 1, “Bourbon Basics: Made in America,” discussion of bourbon origins and competing explanations.
Susan Reigler, Kentucky Bourbon Country: The Essential Travel Guide, 3rd ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2020), Chapter 1, “Bourbon Basics: Made in America,” discussion of bourbon origins and competing explanations.
Chapter 1, “Bourbon Basics: Made in America,” discussion of bourbon origins and competing explanations
Reigler, Kentucky Bourbon Country, Chapter 1, “Bourbon Basics: Made in America,” discussion of bourbon origins and competing explanations.
Chapter 1, “Bourbon Basics: Made in America,” discussion of bourbon origins and competing explanations
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Citation
Susan Reigler, Kentucky Bourbon Country: The Essential Travel Guide, 3rd ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2020), PDF sheets 26–28.
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Reigler, Kentucky Bourbon Country, PDF sheets 26–28.
Bibliography
Reigler, Susan. Kentucky Bourbon Country: The Essential Travel Guide. 3rd ed. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2020.
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Location: PDF sheets 26–28
Source section: Bourbon Origins
Summary
The guide rejects the unsupported Elijah Craig barrel-origin story and presents competing bourbon-name theories.
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