Connects process standardization with the broader rule that sites, names, and methods require separate historical lineages. Crow’s medical credentials and technical priority still require primary-source verification.
The profile separates a historically influential practitioner from exaggerated inventor mythology, then follows the name through later ownership disputes.
The book cautions that Crow probably did not invent sour mash, but credits him with more systematic control of acidity, sanitation, and process consistency. It also uses later trademark litigation to show that a famous production site, a family name, and a claimed method could travel along different legal and commercial paths.
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September29 fresh audit: sequential supplied text read1–249, all-page visual survey and selected enlarged details. This is a source-attributed paraphrase, not independent factual validation. Book's fermented-mash description must not become a modern sour-mash definition.
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