A whiskey region loses historical continuity when shutdown exhausts mature stock, dismantles plants, disperses skilled labor, and breaks firms even if names can later be revived.
Continuity is multidimensional: trademark, company, site, recipe, personnel, process, and liquid may each follow a different path.
Tennessee's earlier prohibition depleted stocks and capacity before national Prohibition, while better-preserved out-of-state inventories and companies sustained competing brands. Revival therefore requires a recovery path, not merely a surviving name.
Created from the complete 457-sheet textual and visual review of Hannush. Source-level synthesis is verified; maturity remains Developing until independent corroboration broadens the evidence base. Buffalo, Barrels, & Bourbon fresh full-copy audit, 2026-09-29: PDF98–99,158–162: shutdown/restart, low1995output and purchasedinventory show why names alone don't prove operatingcontinuity; distinguish cumulativebarrels,annualoutput and capacity. See LIT-281 for full critical review. Existing maturity and other-source evidence preserved.
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