Strengthens the existing origin-evidence Claim and Zettel; it does not create a new inventor narrative. The entry's separate proof-limit error is excluded.
The entry cites Crowgey, Carson, the 1827 De Bruin advertisement, Parker's 1824 manual, and later specialist accounts.
Rothbaum rejects the Elijah Craig inventor story as unproven, emphasizes that distilling was common among early Kentucky settlers, documents bourbon as a recognized descriptor by an 1827 advertisement, and points to an 1824 printed description of charring a new barrel for flavor and color.
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Whisky, bourbon
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