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bottled in bond

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.46 in modern English

Syllables
bot-tled in bond
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of a distilled beverage: aged and bottled according to a set of legal regulations contained in the U.S. government's Standards of Identity for Distilled Spirits, as originally specified in the Bottled-in-Bond Act of 1897. Such beverages must be the product of one distillation season (January–June or July–December) by one distiller at one distillery, and must have been aged in a federally bonded warehouse under U.S. government supervision for at least four years and bottled at 100 (U.S.) proof (50% alcohol by volume).

American usage

Usage

Synonyms

bonded BIB

Questions

What does bottled in bond mean?
Of a distilled beverage: aged and bottled according to a set of legal regulations contained in the U.S. government's Standards of Identity for Distilled Spirits, as originally specified in the Bottled-in-Bond Act of 1897. Such beverages must be the product of one distillation season (January–June or July–December) by one distiller at one distillery, and must have been aged in a federally bonded warehouse under U.S. government supervision for at least four years and bottled at 100 (U.S.) proof (50% alcohol by volume).

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