What This Entry Explains
Bottled-in-Bond connects a label to specified production facts. Mahoney’s entry describes a single spirit type, one distiller and distilling season, at least four years in wood, water-only adjustment and bottling at 100 proof. The useful idea is traceable identity—not a promise that every drinker will prefer the result.
Source And Locator
David Mahoney, “bottled in bond,” in David Wondrich and Noah Rothbaum, eds., The Oxford Companion to Spirits and Cocktails (Oxford University Press, 2022). Locate the named alphabetical entry; Mahoney’s byline appears at its end. In the EPUB, use the alphabetical entry title rather than a page number, which can change with the reader’s display settings.
Historical Context
The entry connects the designation to the 1897 legislation and acknowledges later revisions. The original Act’s provisions distinguish domestic bottling strength from export treatment; a compact modern definition should not be treated as the full wording of every historical rule. Read the original 1897 Act, sections 1–2.
Reading With Care
This reference entry offers orientation and terminology. Its bibliography points to the 2015 Code of Federal Regulations, so it is not a substitute for current regulatory authority. Nor does the existence of adulteration establish that every rectifier committed fraud. Separate the production method, the seller’s description and the evidence of deception.
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