Connect institutional survival to permits, inventory, distribution, physicians, pharmacies, and corporate control.
The narrative combines national policy, Kentucky practice, and company biography.
During national Prohibition, the George T. Stagg organization survived through legally controlled medicinal whiskey, existing stocks, corporate transactions, and Albert Blanton’s stewardship rather than ordinary beverage sales.
Chapter 10 — Albert Blanton and the onset of Prohibition
Chapter 10 — Albert Blanton and the onset of Prohibition
Fresh full-copy audit, 2026-09-29. PDF105–112:1887 hiring aged16 conflicts with1881birth; official timeline says1897. Medicinal bottling, concentration storage and new production permission must not be collapsed; official timeline distinguishes new distillation1930–1933. https://www.buffalotracedistillery.com/buffalo-trace-history/
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