Do not equate bonded provenance with superior taste. Sour-mash, evaporation mechanisms, legislative firsts and Crow's biography need stronger evidence. Regional loss rates are approximate source claims.
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Explains American standard barrels, barrel-industry origins, James Crow's use of measurements, bonded whiskey as confidence in provenance, climatic evaporation, and Japanese Shinto practices at distilleries.
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Wood, Crow, bonded whiskey and evaporation
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Explains American standard barrels, barrel-industry origins, James Crow's use of measurements, bonded whiskey as confidence in provenance, climatic evaporation, and Japanese Shinto practices at distilleries.
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Supplied PDF screens 46–57, Wood, Crow, bonded whiskey and evaporation. Original paraphrase, not a direct quotation. Full screen numbering is continuous across the three preserved parts.
Annotation
Do not equate bonded provenance with superior taste. Sour-mash, evaporation mechanisms, legislative firsts and Crow's biography need stronger evidence. Regional loss rates are approximate source claims.
Verification checklist
Verified denotes source fidelity, not external corroboration.