Faithfully represents the guide's compressed narrative at PDF153/printed154, not proven independent corroboration of regional economic causation. Steel/glass industrialization and rye decline require a more detailed chronology and regional evidence. Do not count repeated tertiary narratives as independent observations.
The passage follows the long history of Old Overholt and precedes the guide's modern definition and market survey of American rye whiskey.
The guide says that after Prohibition the distilling industries of Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia were largely replaced by industries such as steel and glass, while Kentucky's shuttered stills returned to production; rye whiskey consequently declined to only a few nationally distributed brands.
Printed p. 154 / PDF sheet 153
Chapter 5 — American Rye Whiskey
Visually verified against rendered PDF sheet 153, which displays printed p. 154.
Verified paraphrase from the Society of Wine Educators' 2025 study guide.
Evidence
The guide says former rye-distilling regions in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia shifted toward industries such as steel and glass after Prohibition, while Kentucky distilling resumed; rye whiskey then declined to only a few nationally distributed brands.
Location and context
Chapter 5, American Rye Whiskey; printed p. 154 / PDF sheet 153. The passage follows the history of Old Overholt and precedes the modern category survey.
Annotation
This is another tertiary narrative of regional capacity loss; its independence and the compressed industrial-replacement explanation have not been established. It is not treated as a complete or quantitative causal history.