stackyFACTSBy strict legal mandate, American Bourbon must be aged in brand new, charred oak barrels. Since distilleries can never reuse them, they instantly export millions of heavily flavored used barrels to Scottish and Japanese whiskey makers who gleefully rely on the American leftovers.
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