American-whiskey context or explicitly comparative research; retain attribution and limits.
Curtis, revised-and-updated2018edition; PDF page numbers are supplied-file positions, not inferred print pagination. Estimates compare different populations/denominators. Pages129-130 Coffey1826 and purity/barrel-aging explanation oversimplified, not adopted as chemistry; compare validated production sources. First distillery/innovation assertions not verified.
Post-Revolution trade barriers and molasses cost, local-national purchasing attitudes, interior grain surplus and transport density made grain spirits attractive. Brown1791gin retooling and1802excise repeal lead into early19c high consumption.
PDF 123-131
Rum's decline and whiskey's ascent
Entire supplied PDF read and visually inspected1–275. Verified means paraphrase located and faithful, not independent validation of all source claims. No direct quotation designated.
No access / Whiskey Excerpts Database (USWA)
Located original paraphrase; fidelity to the source is not independent validation of every claim.
Evidence
Post-Revolution trade barriers and molasses cost, local-national purchasing attitudes, interior grain surplus and transport density made grain spirits attractive. Brown1791gin retooling and1802excise repeal lead into early19c high consumption.
Location and context
Curtis2018, supplied PDF 123-131. Rum's decline and whiskey's ascent. Full supplied-file reading and visual review complete.
Estimates compare different populations/denominators. Pages129-130 Coffey1826 and purity/barrel-aging explanation oversimplified, not adopted as chemistry; compare validated production sources. First distillery/innovation assertions not verified.
Annotation
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