No access / Whiskey Literature Notes Database (USWA)
Full written article and article illustrations reviewed; independent claim authentication and page presentation remain separate. Source: No access.
Source argument
The resurgence arose from interacting producer,bar,consumer andmedia developments rather than a single turning point.
Evidence map
How America Fell in Love With Bourbon and Rye, Again — located evidence. Locations: Decline and1999baseline; Premiumization andcocktails; Internet,craft andnon-distillerproducers; Tourism and2025inventory/sales. Reference:
Susannah Skiver Barton — How America Fell in Love With Bourbon and Rye, Again.
Researcher synthesis
Organize the modernhistory around intersecting mechanisms with separate timelines for production,demand,culture andsupply lag. Preserve attributed recollection and distinguish recent cooling from wholesale category collapse.
Assessment
Reported statistics require original definitions/denominators and dates before publication. Production,inventories andsales are different metrics. Causal recollections and future outlook are interpretation. EarlyPappy provenance and'first'claims need precise edition/batch qualification. All five article photographs reviewed; no inventory or sales evidence inferred.
Photos mapped; credit Kelly Puleio when image use is contemplated; no publication reproduction authorized or performed.
Embedded-media assessment
Five photographs reviewed: warehouse barrel handling, a whiskey pour credited to Kelly Puleio, a mint julep, caption-identified Bruce and Eddie Russell tasting, and a six-bottle collection display. The images illustrate production, service and product range, not demand, annual inventory totals or causal explanations of the boom. The modern bottle lineup must not be used to reconstruct the original 2000 Antique Collection membership. Credits retained; no public image reuse authorized.
Preserved in the Imbibe and Rare Bird media archive on No access. Separate linked works and native page-presentation QA are not included in this reading closeout.