The "Diageo" law...

[dcbt]

"There is no evidence that anyone has distilled whiskey in another state, aged it in Kentucky, and tried to pass it off as Kentucky bourbon, as the current wording seems to allow. There was, however, some concern that one major distiller might do it. That company was Diageo, which operates the George Dickel Distillery in Tennessee. Three years ago, Diageo was dinged by the Tennessee ABC for removing 16,000 barrels of Dickel-made whiskey from the state over a five-year period, in violation of a Tennessee law that says whiskey distilled in Tennessee must be aged in Tennessee, in the same county where it was made, or a county adjacent to that county."

 

https://thewhiskeywash.com/bourbon/quietly-kentuckys-legislature-tightens-definition-kentucky-bourbon/

[b1gcountry]

Technically if they distill it in Lincoln County, barrel it there, and ship the barrel to California a week later, the whiskey has been "aged" in TN (for 7 days), right?

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3 hours ago, b1gcountry said:

Technically if they distill it in Lincoln County, barrel it there, and ship the barrel to California a week later, the whiskey has been "aged" in TN (for 7 days), right?

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Is it then being bottled? Not that most places would use a new barrel for just 7 days!

 

It would be whiskey aged in Tennessee. Don't know the exact requirements for the legal definition of Tennessee Whiskey other than it must meet the same basic requirements for bourbon plus go through the Lincoln County process (other than Pritchard's) so I am not sure if it would legally be able to be labeled as "Tennessee Whiskey". There may be a specific aging time requirement in Tennessee as there is in Kentucky.

 

As the link above notes a whiskey cannot be labeled as Kentucky whiskey unless it was aged in Kentucky for at least one year. And now by law it also has to be cooked and distilled there too as noted.

[ratcheer]

Bowman bought Kentucky distilled whiskey and aged it in Virginia. I don't recall whether they labeled it as Kentucky or Virginia bourbon, though.

 

I also don't know whether they still do that, or if they started distilling in Virginia.

 

Tim

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14 minutes ago, ratcheer said:

Bowman bought Kentucky distilled whiskey and aged it in Virginia. I don't recall whether they labeled it as Kentucky or Virginia bourbon, though.

 

I also don't know whether they still do that, or if they started distilling in Virginia.

 

Tim

 

They were mostly redistilling BT sourced whiskey. They are now making some of their own in their new still I believe but it will be a while before we see it (I hope). It is all typically labeled as Virginia whiskey (or vodka or gin). Except the rum which is Caribbean sourced.