Craft Bourbon: What the Label Has to Mean
“Craft bourbon” is not a TTB class. Bourbon still needs the 27 CFR 5.143 rules. Proof and DSP are on the bottle. Not a 2026 ranking.
“Craft bourbon” is not a TTB class. Bourbon still needs the 27 CFR 5.143 rules. Proof and DSP are on the bottle. Not a 2026 ranking.
Good is not a TTB class. Bourbon is: ≥51% corn, US, charred new oak, bottled at 80 proof or more. Straight adds two years. Maker’s prints 90. No ranking.
Drinking liquor straight is not for the faint of heart. It requires a lot of alcohol and some serious liver function to make it through. The best liquor to drink straight…
Jim Beam White Label is 80 proof on the Beam Distilling page used in this project. Bonded is 100 if labeled BiB. Other SKUs differ. Not a ranking.
Unflavored 80-proof whiskey has 0 g sugar (USDA). Flavored whiskey and soda mixers are where the sugar is. Straight bourbon cannot add flavoring.
Honey bourbon is store English, not a TTB class. Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Honey is a 35% whiskey specialty. Wild Turkey American Honey is 71 proof.
No official PB-whiskey drink ranking. Flavor is not a class. Skrewball 35% prior; shop unused this fetch FLAG.
US rye whiskey is a TTB type: at least 51% rye, distilled at 160 proof or less, stored in charred new oak at 125 or less, bottled at 80 proof or more. Straight rye adds a two-year floor. Not a ranking.
Scotch is whisky made in Scotland under the 2009 Regulations. Whiskey is the broader TTB class. Glenfiddich 12 US prints 40%. Typical US whiskey also often 40%. Not a winner.
Jack Daniel’s taste is not a TTB class. Old No. 7 is Tennessee whiskey at 40% / 80 on the Brown-Forman US sheet. Charcoal mellowing is a process. A 1.5-ounce pour is one drink.