Stitzel-Weller was sold, stopped production, passed into Diageo ownership, and became a visitor and aging site; several former brand names continued under other producers and not necessarily with their original recipes.
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The profile follows a famous site through ownership change, production closure, brand dispersal, and heritage reuse.
Directly illustrates why brand, recipe, ownership, production, and property histories must be modeled separately.
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