Separate the documented charring suggestion from Veach’s speculative identification of particular creators and the motive for the name.
The letter is located evidence; the broader Tarascon-brothers and merchant-origin account is explicitly presented as theory.
A Lexington grocer’s 1826 letter to distiller John Corlis suggested lightly burning barrel interiors to improve whiskey. Veach infers that merchants or wholesalers, possibly connected to New Orleans trade, had the incentive and position to develop aged bourbon as a more profitable product.
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Chapter Two — The Origin of Bourbon Whiskey
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A Lexington grocer’s 1826 letter to distiller John Corlis suggested lightly burning barrel interiors to improve whiskey. Veach infers that merchants or wholesalers, possibly connected to New Orleans trade, had the incentive and position to develop aged bourbon as a more profitable product.
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Source section: Chapter Two — The Origin of Bourbon Whiskey
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The letter is located evidence; the broader Tarascon-brothers and merchant-origin account is explicitly presented as theory.
Annotation
Separate the documented charring suggestion from Veach’s speculative identification of particular creators and the motive for the name.
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