The guide specifies white oak as a legal requirement for bourbon and describes toasted or charred barrels. Current eCFR specifies charred new oak without requiring Quercus alba in that provision. The source's broader used-barrel prohibition for American whiskey is overgeneralized.
Michael Jackson, Whiskey: The Definitive World Guide, revised edition, updates by Dominic Roskrow, Gavin D. Smith et al. (New York: DK Publishing, 2017), 38–41; supplied PDF 40–43.
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2017 revised edition; Understanding Whiskey update credited to Roskrow. Original and revised sentence authorship not reconstructed. Supplemental copyright locator: printed 288 / PDF 290.
The guide specifies white oak as a legal requirement for bourbon and describes toasted or charred barrels. Current eCFR specifies charred new oak without requiring Quercus alba in that provision. The source's broader used-barrel prohibition for American whiskey is overgeneralized.
