Supports separating brand continuity, stock continuity, company continuity, and in-state production continuity.
The passage follows firms such as Jack Daniel, White Oak, Betterton, and Gouge as production and distribution geography changed.
After Tennessee prohibited distilling, companies shifted plants, brands, stocks, and mail-order activity across state borders. Interstate-commerce protections prolonged parts of the trade, but later restrictions and neighboring prohibition steadily narrowed those workarounds.
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Border relocation and surviving whiskey commerce
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