Casual whiskey fans will know, according to U.S. law, a whiskey must mature in an oak barrel to call itself whiskey.Whiskey enthusiasts might pipe up and remind them that the barrels must be new and ...

Stick to American whiskeys . If you’re an American, to buy a barrel of whiskey from outside the U.S. is arduous. If you want it within six months, you’ll need to buy American.

As it turns out, that answer is just as complicated as the production process itself. While the United States doesn’t regulate distilleries’ barrel size, the most common whiskey barrel holds ...

The optionality to the buyer increases when brands barrel and sell their whiskey. A single barrel could become a 12-year-old scotch. Or, the contents could be finished in a different cask.