This records a 2019 author's viewpoint about an ambiguous label, not an absence of all association-specific definitions. Scale, ownership, method and sourcing should be separate profile fields. Earlier page 84 locator corrected from the rendered screen to page 85.
The entry pauses its industry overview to address the unresolved terminology used for small and independent producers.
Wisniewski describes the post-2000 growth of independent distilleries as the Craft Movement but notes that no universal definition exists. He rejects output volume alone as proof or disproof of craftsmanship and offers skill, knowledge, and approach as a personal criterion.
Displayed p. 85 / PDF sheet 87
Craft Movement
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Evidence
Wisniewski describes the post-2000 growth of independent distilleries as the Craft Movement but notes that no universal definition exists. He rejects output volume alone as proof or disproof of craftsmanship and offers skill, knowledge, and approach as a personal criterion.
Locator
Locator type: Page
Start: Displayed p. 84 / PDF sheet 87
End: Same as start or not applicable
Source section: Craft Movement
Context
The entry pauses its industry overview to address the unresolved terminology used for small and independent producers.
Annotation
Useful as evidence that “craft” is a contested trade label, not as a settled definition. The proposed skills-based criterion is explicitly the author's opinion.
Verification
Status: Verified
Verified against OCR text and the rendered image of PDF sheet 87, which displays ebook page 84.
Fresh full-copy audit — September 29, 2026
Authoritative locator: Displayed p. 85 / PDF sheet 87. This supersedes any older locator in the legacy citation text above.
This records a 2019 author's viewpoint about an ambiguous label, not an absence of all association-specific definitions. Scale, ownership, method and sourcing should be separate profile fields. Earlier page 84 locator corrected from the rendered screen to page 85.
The whole supplied copy was read and visually surveyed; the locator was checked in enlarged source images. Source-fidelity verification does not independently validate every historical or scientific claim.