Independent support for distinguishing brand-name continuity from continuity in recipe, source, site, or liquid.
This is practitioner testimony and recollection rather than a brand-by-brand documentary audit.
Jimmy Russell recalls Kentucky distillery and label consolidation after 1954 and says many old brands remained in the market even though they were made by different distilleries and likely bore little relation to their earlier whiskeys.
“Wild Turkey” — Jimmy Russell interview, on old brand names and changes to the whiskey
“Wild Turkey” — Jimmy Russell interview, on old brand names and changes to the whiskey
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