Use for historical development, not current legal advice. Verify the current Tennessee Code and federal rules before stating operative requirements. Audit2026-09-28: The exception concerns maple-charcoal filtration, not exemption from all the statutory conditions.
The source places the law after a two-brand era and a rapid craft revival, then follows disputes among producers and corporate interests.
The 2013 statute combined Bourbon-like grain, proof, new-charred-oak, and bottling rules with in-state manufacture and aging and pre-barrel maple-charcoal filtration. A narrowly drafted exception preserved Prichard's existing practice, and later disputes over barrels and charcoal reveal a contemporary political settlement rather than a historically uniform style.
PDF sheet 443; displayed ebook page 419
PDF sheet 440; displayed ebook page 417
The 2013 Tennessee whiskey definition
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