The post-Repeal requirement that bourbon and rye use new charred oak made a production model favored by Kentucky and Maryland the national baseline, while disadvantaging producers and styles that had used refill cooperage.
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This is an interpretation of a secondary source. Before publication, corroborate the rulemaking history and chronology with primary federal records and the historical sources Rothbaum cites.
Rothbaum describes the 1936 rulemaking as contested: refill cooperage had historical precedent, regional producers divided over the requirement, and the rule affected both labeling value and the competitive position of rye. This supports an institutional-history interpretation in which regulation selected one production model as the norm.
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