Post-repeal contraction and premium revival reshaped American whiskey
Post-repeal contraction and premium revival reshaped American whiskey

Post-repeal contraction and premium revival reshaped American whiskey

Annotation

Corroborates the existing post-Prohibition restructuring node; the specific distillery count and market-generalization language is date-bound and excluded.

Challenges Claims
Context

Opening historical synthesis and account of the late-twentieth-century premium-bourbon revival.

Excerpt ID
228
Excerpt Text

Dominé presents repeal as an incomplete reset: surviving distillers faced changed tastes and a much smaller production base, while late-twentieth-century high-proof, unfiltered, small-batch releases helped renew connoisseur interest and broaden the category beyond standardized four-year products.

Locator End

453

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452

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Page
Originating Working Notes
Page (text)
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Source Section

Bourbon and Tennessee whiskey

Verification Notes

Checked against rendered PDF sheets 452–453; paraphrase avoids OCR and dated-count problems.

Verification Status
Verified

Evidence

Dominé presents repeal as an incomplete reset: surviving distillers faced changed tastes and a much smaller production base, while late-twentieth-century high-proof, unfiltered, small-batch releases helped renew connoisseur interest and broaden the category beyond standardized four-year products.

Locator

Locator type: Page

Start: 452

End: 453

Source section: Bourbon and Tennessee whiskey

Context

Opening historical synthesis and account of the late-twentieth-century premium-bourbon revival.

Annotation

Corroborates the existing post-Prohibition restructuring node; the specific distillery count and market-generalization language is date-bound and excluded.

Verification

Status: Verified

Checked against rendered PDF sheets 452–453; paraphrase avoids OCR and dated-count problems.