A whiskey brand can persist through changes in owner, source distillery, recipe, site, and product type, so brand history must distinguish trademark continuity from production lineage.
A name may carry real cultural continuity even when its production lineage changes; the point is to distinguish forms of continuity, not deny all continuity.
This distinction prevents a continuous label or trademark from being mistaken for continuous manufacture. It supports more accurate brand timelines, producer profiles, provenance claims, and website explanations.
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