re: #3 kirkspencer

I am not sure what to tell you.

Recently, there have been several bourbons labeled as “straight” go on the market that have been aged less than four years. All of the references to it needing to be labeled 4 years, reference the page I linked.

I discovered the first regulation after debating someone about Trader Joe’s bourbon that recently went on sale. It says nothing about age, which I insisted meant it had to be four years. Here is a link to their COLA application.

Since then, I have asked several people around here and the answer I have received is that 1) Yes, it appears straight is being applied to bourbons and whiskey aged less than four years and 2) Nobody knows exactly when and how the change happened.