I thought it restart this older thread, based on my previous question about the Distiller’s Masterpieces. Since Mark stated that they are actually labelled as Bourbons I was wondering about the following:
1) I don’t understand why they where allowed to do so.
2) I guess the reason why non of the other Distilleries have intervened is because they don’t take those bottles seriously
3) It’s funny that people will spend a lot of time discussing whether or not the LCP disqualifies JD of being Bourbon. Do all here just think that this case is clear cut (well I do)
4) Why would JB risk opening the door to possible competitors all of a sudden eying an opportunity to call all sorts of stuff Bourbon? Now I’m not a lawyer and I don’t know much about the American legal system (except that if ever anything happens to me, I hope it’s while I’m in the States so I can sue their asses and get a couple of millions
), but I would argue that since you can mature in something else but charred new oak barrels, do you really need to adhere to the other rules?
Just some thoughts
Thomas