Annotation

Critical for keeping consumer blending language separate from federal commercial category names.

Challenges Claims

Citations

27CFR5143Whisky — Chicago web citation

Context

Comparison of straight and blended rows.

Excerpt ID

1409

Excerpt Text

Straight whisky adds at least two years in the required oak and prohibits coloring, flavoring, or blending materials, while blended whisky contains at least 20 percent straight whisky on a proof-gallon basis and may include neutral spirits within the table’s limit.

Literature Notes

27 CFR § 5.143 — Whisky — literature note

Locator End

Locator Start

Table 1: Straight Whisky; Blended Whisky

Locator Type

Section

Originating Working Notes

Page (text)

Source

No access

Source Section

Table 1: Straight Whisky; Blended Whisky

Supports Claims

Tags

Law and RegulationBourbonAmerican Single Malt Whiskey

Verification Notes

Verified against the accessible web page during full-source processing on 2026-08-29. Paraphrase; not a direct quotation.

Verification Status

Verified

Evidence

Straight whisky adds at least two years in the required oak and prohibits coloring, flavoring, or blending materials, while blended whisky contains at least 20 percent straight whisky on a proof-gallon basis and may include neutral spirits within the table’s limit.

Locator

• Type: Section
• Start: Table 1: Straight Whisky; Blended Whisky
• Source section: Table 1: Straight Whisky; Blended Whisky

Context

Comparison of straight and blended rows.

Research annotation

Critical for keeping consumer blending language separate from federal commercial category names.

Relations

• Source: No access
• Literature Note: 27 CFR § 5.143 — Whisky — literature note

Verification

Verified against the accessible web page during full-source processing on 2026-08-29. Paraphrase; not a direct quotation.