No age statement limited whisky releases

About this listNo age statement

An age statement is a claim about how long a whisky matured, and leaving it off the label is how every release on this list is sold. For Scotch, the Scotch Whisky Regulations 2009 allow a maturation period or age on the label only if it is expressed in years, and they point to the EU rule that any stated age must refer to the youngest whisky in the bottle. That is why lines such as Aberlour A'bunadh, Glenmorangie Private Edition or Octomore are identified by batch or edition number rather than by years. Under the US rules in 27 CFR 5.74, age means the time the spirit spent in oak barrels between distillation and bottling, and an age statement is required only for whisky aged less than 4 years, unless it is labeled bottled in bond. For older American whiskies such as George T. Stagg, Blanton's or Four Roses Limited Edition Small Batch the statement is optional, though straight whisky must still have spent at least 2 years in charred new oak under 27 CFR 5.143. A Scotch label may also give a single distillation year, as with Benromach Cask Strength Vintage, only when all of the whisky was distilled in that year and the bottling year or age appears alongside it.

• Under 12 years43 releases
• 12 to 17 years40 releases
• 18 to 24 years26 releases
• 25 years and older19 releases