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Book(s)No access / Whiskey Literature Notes Database (USWA)
Full captured article and all article illustrations reviewed. Reading coverage complete; native presentation QA and independent publication checks remain separate. Source: No access.
Source argument
The article links visible fungal growth to evaporating alcohol and describes conflicting nuisance, mitigation and safety perspectives.
Evidence map
Researcher synthesis
Use for the public controversy and attribution trail, not scientific or safety conclusions. Its wording that fungus originated at Jack Daniel's should not be treated as the species' historical origin; the library's Canadian history account supplies a contrasting research trail.
Related source: No access.
Assessment
Bar expertise does not establish fungal biology, toxicology or mitigation engineering. Generic evaporation rate, sealed-cask explanation, claims that filters necessarily change flavor and statements of harmlessness are unverified here. Quoted NYT material is secondhand. Sara Pinsonault illustration reviewed as conceptual artwork, not scientific evidence.
If this issue enters History, trace original reporting and research. No health or mitigation advice is drawn from the article.
Completion checklist
Visual review and coverage closeout — September 12, 2026
The single lead illustration is a stylized bottle surrounded by large mushroom forms. It is conceptual artwork, not a photograph or microscopic identification of Baudoinia. Do not use those shapes to teach fungal morphology, contamination, or health effects.
Complete archived article body reread. Downloaded article media, exact URLs and hashes are preserved in the VinePair eleven-article media archive on No access; native attachment readback confirmed. The Google preferred-source badge is interface decoration, not source evidence. No public image reuse, universal claim verification or native presentation clearance implied.
