TTB

Many of the TTB’s day-to-day functions won’t be available to distillers during the federal government shutdown. Nonetheless, taxes and reports are still due on schedule.

Properly gauging ethanol in a distilled spirit is essential to ensuring proper reporting and avoiding heavy fines from the TTB.

Popular at the bar and overseas—whether commonly available brands or rarities sought by collectors—American whiskey is surging. But before you explore the category, it’s worth asking: What defines it? The answer is … complicated.