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Written reading complete. Original HTML is preserved in the Wikipedia package linked from the Source record. Remote images, remaining primary corroboration and page-presentation checks remain open. This is not a fully processed source.
Source argument
The account covers the Samuels family's purchase and brand development, proof controversy, production and marketing.
Evidence map
LINK-208, revision 1373365960: full numbered extraction lines 1–131 reviewed, including written reference entries and any tables. These locators identify the reviewed snapshot, not the underlying cited publications.
1953 purchase, 1954 production, 1958 bottling and 1959 launch require distinction. NHL January versus December date conflict; ownership chain needs corroboration. 45% to 42% implies about 7.14% nominal volume increase for fixed ethanol, not 6%, before contraction. Employee unblinded testing is not proof of sensory equivalence. Pickerell age conflicts. Bread tests are not controlled distillate tests; rotation does not guarantee sameness. Product range and cask-proof claims are dated.
No unverified direct quotations promoted. Detailed local critical checkpoint retained alongside the numbered reading file.
Researcher synthesis
Retain Margie Samuels's branding contribution and connect HAER KY-19 archive leads. Do not change the user's confirmed 112-proof trial bottle based on generic range statements.
Assessment
Tertiary discovery evidence only. Preserve contradictory and time-dependent claims as open checks, not resolved facts. Images, native preservation and presentation pending. Source-reading completeness does not prove factual accuracy; no History/profile/trial changes.
