Supports a producer-versus-rectifier model of early American whiskey identity. Fresh audit: Corrected unrelated locator: original PDF22–30/printed10–18 concerned Scotland. American rectification, merchant aging and downstream branding are discussed at PDF36–40.
Historical discussion of rectification, adulteration, commerce, and the separation between distilling and branded finished goods.
In nineteenth-century American trade, distillers often sold raw spirit to rectifiers and merchants who filtered, colored, flavored, blended, and sometimes aged it before sale; commercial whiskey identity was therefore frequently completed downstream from distillation.
PDF sheet 40 / printed p. 28
PDF sheet 36 / printed p. 24
Chapter 1 — What Is Whisky?
September 28 fresh audit: passage and locator checked against the supplied 533-sheet PDF. Corrected unrelated locator: original PDF22–30/printed10–18 concerned Scotland. American rectification, merchant aging and downstream branding are discussed at PDF36–40.
Verified evidence record from the complete review of Whisky Science: A Condensed Distillation.
Evidence
In nineteenth-century American trade, distillers often sold raw spirit to rectifiers and merchants who filtered, colored, flavored, blended, and sometimes aged it before sale; commercial whiskey identity was therefore frequently completed downstream from distillation.
Locator
- Section: Chapter 1 — What Is Whisky?
- Start: PDF sheet 36 / printed p. 24
- End: PDF sheet 40 / printed p. 28
Context
Historical discussion of rectification, adulteration, commerce, and the separation between distilling and branded finished goods.
Annotation
Supports a producer-versus-rectifier model of early American whiskey identity.
Supports
September 28 audit
Corrected unrelated locator: original PDF22–30/printed10–18 concerned Scotland. American rectification, merchant aging and downstream branding are discussed at PDF36–40.