Use to support an evidence-first treatment of origin stories; verify positive chronology from contemporary records.
This is unusually careful myth control within a consumer guide.
The guide rejects as unsupported the story that Elijah Craig reused barn-fire-charred wood for whiskey barrels, then discusses alternative development and naming explanations without establishing a single inventor.
PDF sheet 26
PDF sheet 23
Chapter 1 — Bourbon origins
Fresh source audit confirms the PDF locator and bounded paraphrase. PDF23–24rejects the specific barn-fire story; it does not independently settle every Craig claim. PDF25 calls the Tarascon account plausible, which is not documentary proof. Alternative naming explanations remain unresolved.
Evidence
The guide rejects as unsupported the story that Elijah Craig reused barn-fire-charred wood for whiskey barrels, then discusses alternative development and naming explanations without establishing a single inventor.
Location and context
No access — Chapter 1 — Bourbon origins, PDF sheet 23 through PDF sheet 26. These are PDF-sheet locators, not printed page numbers.
Annotation
PDF23–24rejects the specific barn-fire story; it does not independently settle every Craig claim. PDF25 calls the Tarascon account plausible, which is not documentary proof. Alternative naming explanations remain unresolved.
Verification
Source relation and locator checked against the supplied2016second edition. Existing verification status retains its distinction between source fidelity and independent corroboration.