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McCormick Platte Valley corn whiskey

Corn Whiskey

A corn-dominant whiskey that may be fresh and grain-forward or matured and rounded. Unaged examples can show cornmeal, fresh cereal, dough and fermentation fruit; matured versions add vanilla, light toast and spice. Neither colourlessness nor a rustic presentation is required for the entire category.

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Wheat growing in a field, one grain used in whiskey

Spirit Whiskey

A U.S. mixture in which neutral spirit can substantially outweigh whiskey, producing restrained cereal and wood character with relatively light aromatic intensity. It should taste coherent and clean within that objective. The category name is a precise legal identity, not an interchangeable phrase for all distilled whiskey.

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