Frame Crow as a standardizer and influential practitioner; avoid unqualified invention claims.
Mitenbuler treats Crow’s importance as disciplined process control rather than a single secret recipe.
James C. Crow recorded temperature, fermentation, proof, cleanliness, and yield, using systematic control to improve consistency. He refined and promoted sour-mash practice but did not invent every technique later credited to him.
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Evidence
James C. Crow recorded temperature, fermentation, proof, cleanliness, and yield, using systematic control to improve consistency. He refined and promoted sour-mash practice but did not invent every technique later credited to him.
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Start: 67
End: 70
Source section: Chapter Five — The Ice King
Context
Mitenbuler treats Crow’s importance as disciplined process control rather than a single secret recipe.
Annotation
Frame Crow as a standardizer and influential practitioner; avoid unqualified invention claims.
Verification
Status: Verified
September 29 fresh audit: matched to supplied PDF sheets 67–70. These are PDF sheet numbers, not the print-edition pagination used in the index. Verification concerns source fidelity, not independent historical/scientific corroboration.