Understanding Whiskey
Whiskey begins with fermented grain. The broad class requires distillation below 190 proof, whiskey character, oak storage except for the corn-whiskey exception, and bottling at 80 proof or higher. The broad word can also designate whiskey meeting a specific type, as well as whiskey meeting only the class standard; corn whiskey must retain its corn-whiskey designation. American origin is a separate question, so “whiskey” alone does not establish where it was made.
Source: 27 CFR § 5.143(a) and (c), Table 1, row 1
The whiskies
The catalogued view includes provisional classifications. Use the source-checked view to narrow the selection to reviewed assignments. An empty view means no matching entries have been assigned yet; it does not mean the category has no products.
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