Barleycorn Drinks: Celebrate This Fourth of July with the Best American Single Malts July 2, 2021 In the Press "The oddball whiskey had no government recognition nor a set of standards to define it. Since then, the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) has agreed to consider making American Single Malt legit. And a band of producers has taken matters into their own hands by organizing and assigning a quality rubric to American single malt called ‘standards of identity.’ According to the American Single Malt Whiskey Commission, the whiskey is defined as 100% barley whiskey made in the United States at a single distillery. In addition, the malt must be aged in wooden barrels (new or used), distilled below 161 proof, and barreled at a maximum of 62.5% ABV." Click to the article for more! Colkegan is on the list.