Kentucky Spirit’s debut is internally inconsistent: p.51 implies 1995 after 1994 filling, while p.203 gives 1994. Fire totals and ecological loss are reported secondary figures, not independently audited here.
Printed pages 45–54; PDF pages 56–65. Full work reviewed; this is a thematic paraphrase, not a direct quotation.
Eddie began June 5, 1981 in general work, learned the operation from its bottom-level jobs, and found commitment through tasting mature barrels. The Road Warriors promoted bourbon during weak demand. Rare Breed arrived in 1991; domestic WT101 lost its eight-year statement in 1992 while export age statements remained. Warehouse J burned in 2000, followed by Russell’s Reserve in 2001.
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Eddie Russell, apprenticeship, exports, and premiumization
Verified against supplied PDF as an attributed account; verification does not establish the external truth of every source claim. Fresh audit: fire photograph PDF63 establishes depicted fire response, not ecological totals. Fish-loss citation remains an unresolved source-check question; no correction is asserted.
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Evidence
Eddie began June 5, 1981 in general work, learned the operation from its bottom-level jobs, and found commitment through tasting mature barrels. The Road Warriors promoted bourbon during weak demand. Rare Breed arrived in 1991; domestic WT101 lost its eight-year statement in 1992 while export age statements remained. Warehouse J burned in 2000, followed by Russell’s Reserve in 2001.
Location and context
Printed pp. 45–54 (PDF 56–65). Paraphrase of Jennings, not a quotation.
Annotation
Kentucky Spirit’s debut is internally inconsistent: p.51 implies 1995 after 1994 filling, while p.203 gives 1994. Fire totals and ecological loss are reported secondary figures, not independently audited here.
