Bottled-in-bond whiskey

Bottled-in-Bond came to been as a mark of superior quality whiskey. These sprits, including some whiskeys, are distilled and bottle under government supervision.

This way, the federal government guarantees the purity of the product – that is ensuring that it’s not tainted with additives or colorants and on return, they get their tax money right up front.

Since the government bonds these steps the whiskeys is referred to as ‘bottled-in bond’. The regulations signed into laws as the 1897 Bottled-in-Bond Act were that the spirit must be at least four years old, have been bottled at one hundred proof, be the product of one distillery and one distiller in one season, and be unadulterated (only pure water could be added) and that the labels on both the bottle and the shipping case must clearly identify the distillery where it was distilled and if different the distillery where it was bottled.

President Grover Cleveland signed the act into law. Whiskey that’s bottled-in-bond utilizes exactly the same multitude of grains as non-bonded whiskey, such as rye, barley, millet, oats, quinoa, corn, or even wheat which are then boiled in water in a method that’s not dissimilar to brewing beer.

If a whiskey is bottled-in-bond, the bottle will boast the Federal Seal, a sign of the quality of its content.
Bottled-in-bond whiskey