A clear stage-by-stage provenance case: authorship may grow over time, but each phase must be described accurately.
The modern Michter's brand deliberately progressed from sourced mature whiskey, to contract-distilled whiskey made to specifications, to spirit made at its own Kentucky distillery, while preserving production choices such as low barrel-entry proof and tailored filtration.
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Part Three — Michter's Distillery
Fresh full supplied-ebook reading and image audit September29. PDF sheets 204–206. PDF204–206 describes sourced, contract and own-production phases, which overlap in aged stocks. Do not infer every bottle was house distilled after plant opening. PDF209 elsewhere misattributes Michter's to Heaven Hill; that statement is not evidence for ownership.
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September 29 fresh reading audit
The modern Michter's brand deliberately progressed from sourced mature whiskey, to contract-distilled whiskey made to specifications, to spirit made at its own Kentucky distillery, while preserving production choices such as low barrel-entry proof and tailored filtration.
Locator: PDF sheets 204–206. These are supplied ebook PDF sheet numbers, not hardcover pagination.
PDF204–206 describes sourced, contract and own-production phases, which overlap in aged stocks. Do not infer every bottle was house distilled after plant opening. PDF209 elsewhere misattributes Michter's to Heaven Hill; that statement is not evidence for ownership.
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