stackyFACTSAs whiskey ages in wooden barrels, a significant percentage evaporates through the porous wood, poetically named the 'angel's share.' Bureaucratic tax agencies utterly refuse to believe this and frequently try to tax distilleries on the phantom liquor that drifted into the atmosphere.
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