Country Boy

You're right. I have not invested any money into craft distilling. But nothing changes. You are not a TTB employee. You thinking your interpretation of TTB law is superior to mine is arrogant. I still believe oak container can be interpreted different ways. I would love to see a start up distillery with big backers take on the law. I applaud and support craft guys who try new things and do not do what everyone else has been doing for over a 100 years. Just because something has been done for a long time does not make it the best way. Was not trying to start a argument. Just pointing out a different train of thought.

No. Thats irrelevant. You are expressing your interpretation of the TTB rules. I am expressing mine. I love this site and have been reading it for the last 6 months. This was the first thread that everyone jumps on another distiller based on what they perceive to be the law. If TTB meant barrels they should say barrels. I feel the industry is in a transitional phase. The big boys (Brown-Foreman, Diageo, Beam-Suntory, etc...) have preach tradition and barrels so long nobody is giving new techniques a shot. There should be no secret rooms or processes in whiskey making, its 4 ingredient. People should judge a whiskey on taste alone. Thats how beer and wine folks do it. They embrace technology and change. In doing so they forced sell outs of Budweiser and Miller (to Inbev). Craft beer drinkers just want a good beer. Whiskey drinkers should just want a good whiskey. Who cares how long one ages in a barrel. The TTB laws are not in place to protect the consumer they are in place because Whiskey Barons had legislation passed back in the day to protect them.

Is your gas container made of gas? Oak container can be interpreted as a container that holds oak. At least thats how it was explained to me.

The word BARREL is not in the TTB rules. Whiskey does not have to go into a barrel to be called whiskey.