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Bottled-in-Bond
Bottled-in-bond is a legal designation under the Bottled-in-Bond Act of 1897 for spirits that are the product of one distillation season and one distiller at one distillery, aged at least four years in a federally bonded warehouse, and bottled at exactly 100 proof.
The bonded label was the United States government's first consumer-protection guarantee of authenticity. Meeting it requires proving single-season, single-distillery production, four years under bond, and 100-proof bottling, which depends on accurate barrel, season, and proof records. The standards are defined in 27 CFR 5.88.
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