Rothbaum, Noah. The Whiskey Bible: A Complete Guide to the World’s Greatest Spirit. Workman Publishing Company, 2025.
The chronology weakens the popular claim that the Whiskey Rebellion caused Kentucky bourbon’s origin.
Noah Rothbaum, The Whiskey Bible: A Complete Guide to the World’s Greatest Spirit (New York: Workman Publishing Company, 2025), 74–77.
Noah Rothbaum, The Whiskey Bible: A Complete Guide to the World’s Greatest Spirit (New York: Workman Publishing Company, 2025), 74–77.
74–77
Rothbaum, The Whiskey Bible, 74–77.
American Whiskey — Whiskey Rebellion
Whole supplied-copy audit: complete PDF sheets 173–182; retained partial sheets 172–173. Chronology challenges an exclusive origin story. It does not demonstrate that no migration occurred or that taxation had no influence on individual decisions. Prior record retained for provenance: Verified 2026-08-29 against the complete edition: displayed pp. 74–77 = complete PDF sheets 173–182. Existing PDF sheets 172–173 are retained partial locators; absent footer numbers on intervening screens do not represent missing content.
Source and locator
Displayed p. 74–77; complete supplied PDF sheets 173–182. Retained partial-copy locator: sheets 172–173. Section: American Whiskey — Whiskey Rebellion.
Reusable citation
Noah Rothbaum, The Whiskey Bible: A Complete Guide to the World’s Greatest Spirit (New York: Workman Publishing Company, 2025), 74–77.
Evidence boundary
Chronology challenges an exclusive origin story. It does not demonstrate that no migration occurred or that taxation had no influence on individual decisions.
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Existing claim, source, literature-note and use-status relations are preserved. This review does not independently verify public-page placement.