Mark Shilling

Glycerol is an approved denaturant if used per the particular formula in the CFR, however if you are looking to denature for sanitizer you must use the ‘preapproved’ denaturants stated in the FDA policy.

Apologies for the long delayed response. It may be too late to be helpful. In my experience, the description of production does not need to be particularly detailed. A brief description of the major equipment – stills, storage, blending tanks, etc. whether you will be distilling, re-distilling, etc. They are mostly looking at capacity in terms of…[Read more]

We’ve been doing kegged cocktails for the tasting room and talking about how to distribute for on-premise. I think it’s probably a non-starter but I’d love to request it. I believe it’s allowed in Australia and it would be great if we could provide some info showing other places that allow for it.

According to the explanation section in the proposal, “In the current regulations, when a whisky meets the standard for a type of whisky, it is unclear whether the label must use that type designation or may use the general class “whisky” on the label. TTB believes that consumers expect that the type designation will appear on the container when…[Read more]

You have to include a specific proof on your label submission, but because you may change proof without re-approval you can then handwrite the details in later no matter the number you submitted originally.