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The description appears within Charles Nelson's move from wholesaling into industrial production and the rebuilding of his distillery.
Hannush reports that Greenbrier used a ninety-six-hour natural fermentation, double copper-pot distillation, and sugar-maple charcoal leaching before barreling. The Robertson County case complicates any exclusive association of these practices with Old Lincoln or a single modern Tennessee method.
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Charles Nelson's Greenbrier process
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