Use the More Kentucky Bourbon Cocktails contest sequence for the wider institutional pattern and The Kentucky Bourbon Cocktail Book, PDF sheets 44–45, for Perrine’s first-person Bourbonball case.
Bourbon cocktail contests distribute recipes, give brands and festivals public programming, confer professional recognition, and shape category experimentation; sponsor, judge, board, and product roles should be recorded because they influence the resulting canon.
The Bourbonball account was checked against the complete LOCAL-045 text and rendered PDF sheets 44–45. Both main source chains share authorship and remain Kentucky-centered.
This source documents selected Kentucky contests and winning recipes rather than the full contest ecosystem. Winning status does not by itself establish independent quality or historical importance.
The later contest sequence links festivals, entrants, judges, sponsors, prizes, and republication. The earlier Bourbonball case shows a venue signature becoming a contest winner, professional credential, and source of customer demand.
Advanced from Researching/Weak/Needs Evidence to Supported/Moderate/In Review. Independent institutional records would still be required for a broader field claim.
Claim
Bourbon cocktail contests can distribute recipes, create programming for brands and festivals, confer professional recognition, generate venue demand, and shape category experimentation.
Evidence
The later More Kentucky Bourbon Cocktails sequence links festivals, entrants, judges, sponsors, prizes, winning formulas, and republication. In The Kentucky Bourbon Cocktail Book, Perrine’s first-person Bourbonball account shows a venue signature becoming a contest winner, a professional credential, and a source of customer demand (PDF sheets 44–45).
Qualification
The two principal source chains share authorship and are Kentucky-centered. Winning status is institutional provenance, not automatic proof of independent quality or lasting historical importance. Sponsor, judge, board, venue, and product roles must be recorded.
Research need
Independent event archives, rules, sponsor records, and additional competitions are needed before extending the claim to the wider American whiskey field.
Verification
Supported with Moderate evidence and Moderate confidence; fact-check and citation drafting remain in progress.