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Rowley defines rectifiers as purchasers of bulk alcohol who alter, blend, finish, package, or relabel it for resale. The occupation's nineteenth-century abuses helped provoke bottled-in-bond protections, yet many durable American brands were also created through legitimate merchant blending and maturation, a lineage that continues in modern non-distilling producers.
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Rectifier (occupation)
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