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August 27, 2026
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Tacit distilling knowledge requires operational apprenticeshipWhiskey folklore must be labeled by evidence typeDescendant histories require a three-layer evidence modelFamily and brand histories are testimony, not independent corroborationBrand ancestry is not distillery continuityBottling proof does not reveal dilution historyBalance is distinct from age, intensity and prestigeConsumer bottle bridges are hypotheses, not blend recipesOwner
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Approved controlled term. Use the properties and boundaries below to preserve precise retrieval.
Definition
Recorded testimony, family memory, kinship reconstruction, and documentary reconciliation used to recover American whiskey history.
Scope
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Use where oral testimony or genealogy is itself evidence or method. Record speaker, date, relationship, and corroboration; do not treat memory alone as equivalent to a contemporary document.
Boundary examples
- Included: A descendant identifies a person in a photograph and the identification is tested against records.
- Excluded: A narrative detail merely repeated by an author without evidence-method discussion.
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Created during the full-source processing of Love & Whiskey on 2026-08-27. Reevaluate only when corpus-wide use reveals an overlap, ambiguity, or missing narrower term.