27 CFR § 5.73 - Treatment of whisky or brandy with wood.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t27/s5.73"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "27 CFR § 5.73 - Treatment of whisky or brandy with wood."
title_number: 27
title_name: "Alcohol, Tobacco Products and Firearms"
section_number: "5.73"
section_name: "Treatment of whisky or brandy with wood."
chapter_name: "ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "ALCOHOL"
part_number: "5"
part_name: "LABELING AND ADVERTISING OF DISTILLED SPIRITS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "26 U.S.C. 5301, 7805, 27 U.S.C. 205 and 207."
regulatory_source: "T.D. TTB-176, 87 7579, Feb. 9, 2022, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "5"
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# 5.73 Treatment of whisky or brandy with wood.
The words “colored and flavored with wood____ ” (inserting “chips,” “slabs,” etc., as appropriate) must appear immediately adjacent to, and in the same size of type as, the class and type designation under subpart I of this part for whisky and brandy treated, in whole or in part, with wood through percolation or otherwise during distillation or storage, other than through contact with an oak barrel. However, the statement specified in this section is not required in the case of brandy treated with an infusion of oak chips in accordance with § 5.155(b)(3)(B).