Use as a 2015–2016 baseline; verify counts and each site’s subsequent trajectory.
The list includes projects at different stages of operation and visitor readiness.
The chapter attributes to the American Distilling Institute an increase from about 260 US craft distilleries in 2011 to more than 900 in 2015, and profiles Kentucky craft-tour members as of 2015.
PDF sheet 270
PDF sheet 254
Chapter 7 — Kentucky Bourbon Trail Craft Tour
Fresh source audit against the verified 2016 second-edition copy. PDF254–270: the count and fewer-than-100000-proof-gallons definition are attributed to ADI in this edition. They are not a current count or a timeless craft definition. The Kentucky tour is a membership subset, explicitly as of2015, not all Kentucky producers. Peerless release dates are forecasts; its printed23000-barrels-a-day historical claim remains uncorroborated. Source geography is explicit for MGP-made OKI bottled by New Riff. Source-faithful statistics still need independent corroboration.
Source-grounded evidence
The chapter attributes to the American Distilling Institute an increase from about 260 US craft distilleries in 2011 to more than 900 in 2015, and profiles Kentucky craft-tour members as of 2015.
Scope and limitations
PDF254–270: the count and fewer-than-100000-proof-gallons definition are attributed to ADI in this edition. They are not a current count or a timeless craft definition. The Kentucky tour is a membership subset, explicitly as of2015, not all Kentucky producers. Peerless release dates are forecasts; its printed23000-barrels-a-day historical claim remains uncorroborated. Source geography is explicit for MGP-made OKI bottled by New Riff. Source-faithful statistics still need independent corroboration.
Provenance
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Proposed Academy use
Use as a 2015–2016 baseline; verify counts and each site’s subsequent trajectory.