Rectification
Rectification is the further refining, redistilling, or blending of distilled spirits after the initial distillation, such as making gin from neutral spirit or blending whiskies. Historically it carried its own federal tax classification.
In short: Rectification is the further refining, redistilling, or blending of distilled spirits after the initial distillation, such as making gin from neutral spirit or blending whiskies. Historically it carried its own federal tax classification.
A rectifier processes spirits rather than (or in addition to) distilling them from scratch, for example redistilling neutral spirit with botanicals to make gin, or blending and flavoring. Modern TTB rules fold these activities into processing operations, but the concept still distinguishes making spirit from refining it.
What did rectification mean historically?
Rectification was the old legal category for processing spirits after distillation, blending, flavoring, or redistilling, once taxed separately. The rectification tax is gone, but the activities live on inside the processing account.
Does rectifying change what a label can say?
Yes; how a spirit is processed drives its class and type. Neutral spirit with juniper flavoring is a gin by compounding, blended whiskey has its own standards, and each carries different label obligations.
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