Nearly 20 distilleries will be on hand Saturday for the Missouri Bourbon Festival, and the promised taste of Missouri's finest led the event to sell out in its first year.
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Other areas of the state represented include Branson, Kansas City, Springfield and St. Louis.
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Back in 2019, the state — like its peers in Kentucky and Tennessee — set out official guidelines for any product labeled Missouri bourbon.
House Bill 266 mandates that "any whiskey labeled as Missouri bourbon must not only meet the federal standards for bourbon, but also be mashed, fermented, distilled, aged and bottled in the state; aged in oak barrels manufactured in the state; and ... made with corn exclusively grown in the state,"
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Other areas of the state represented include Branson, Kansas City, Springfield and St. Louis.
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Back in 2019, the state — like its peers in Kentucky and Tennessee — set out official guidelines for any product labeled Missouri bourbon.
House Bill 266 mandates that "any whiskey labeled as Missouri bourbon must not only meet the federal standards for bourbon, but also be mashed, fermented, distilled, aged and bottled in the state; aged in oak barrels manufactured in the state; and ... made with corn exclusively grown in the state,"
18 distilleries come together for first-ever Missouri Bourbon Festival
The promised taste of Missouri's finest led the event to sell out in its first year.
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