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NONSTANDARD STANDARDS

Almost a decade ago, I was sitting in one of bourbon historian Michael Veach’s classes learning the basics of bourbon. Of great shock to me was his explanation of all the latitude producers could take within the strict confines of the spirit’s definition.

The legal definition of bourbon is pretty strict – one of the most strict in the TTB’s regulations. It must be distilled from an all-grain

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