Use to explain why bourbon history cannot be told only at rural distilleries.
The chapter combines city history with sites visible to travelers.
The Louisville chapter describes the city as a transport and commercial center where distillers, rectifiers, wholesalers, bottlers, and later corporate offices connected Kentucky production to wider markets.
PDF sheet 45
PDF sheet 38
Chapter 2 — Louisville whiskey economy
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Evidence
The Louisville chapter describes the city as a transport and commercial center where distillers, rectifiers, wholesalers, bottlers, and later corporate offices connected Kentucky production to wider markets.
Location and context
No access — Chapter 2 — Louisville whiskey economy, PDF sheet 38 through PDF sheet 45. PDF-sheet numbering, not print pagination.
Source audit qualification
PDF38 identifies Brown-Forman headquarters and a separate distillery; do not attach this headquarters description to Buffalo Trace. PDF43–45 supports transport, rectification, offices, bottling and consolidation. Generalization describes the guide's account, not independent verification of its historical firsts, counts or corporate status today.
Verification
Paraphrase and locator checked against the supplied2016second edition. Source fidelity is separate from independent corroboration; existing status retained.