Regulations last checked for updates: May 04, 2025

Title 27 - Alcohol, Tobacco Products and Firearms last revised: Mar 20, 2025
§ 5.73 - Treatment of whisky or brandy with wood.

The words “colored and flavored with wood____ ” (inserting “chips,” “slabs,” etc., as appropriate) must appear immediately adjacent to, and in the same size of type as, the class and type designation under subpart I of this part for whisky and brandy treated, in whole or in part, with wood through percolation or otherwise during distillation or storage, other than through contact with an oak barrel. However, the statement specified in this section is not required in the case of brandy treated with an infusion of oak chips in accordance with § 5.155(b)(3)(B).

authority: 26 U.S.C. 5301,7805,27.S.C. 205 and 207
source: T.D. TTB-176, 87 7579, Feb. 9, 2022, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 27 CFR 5.73