u/spiritregistrar

In Scotch/world whisky circles, there is some nerd conversation about the issues of chill-filtration and added colour, since most countries allow caramel colorant E150a, and chill-filtration is the norm at ABVs 40-43%.

There must be some differences in the bourbon world. As straight bourbon, straight rye etc. can't be coloured, that is one less thing to care about, but since barrel proof bottlings seem such a big part of the enthusiasts' most highly rated bracket, how does this affect the conversation about filtration, and to how many US consumers is it an important issue?

I am very curious to what degree terms like 'uncut', 'unfiltered' or 'non-chill-filtered' play into purchasing decisions, compared to proof, age, mashbill and sourcing. Does a producer's filtering philosophy or track record become a point of 'maker affinity', or is the issue less important to the 'average discriminating US bourbon enthusiast' (should such a person exist)? And with the probability of high proof expressions being unfiltered (to some degree), is it considered less of an issue when the bottle doesn't mention it?

I keep a small registry ( r/SpiritClarity ) tracking who declares this on labels, a work-in-progress which is a fairly Scotch/Euro-centric list, but I have tried to include as many US producers as I can from over here. I'd greatly value corrections from people who know the landscape and depth of the subject much better than I do and would really like to get a sense of how much this issue matters to 'the bourbon lover'.

Dear enthusiasts. I am attempting to collect a large body of names and images of spirit producers (whisky, rum, others?) that make a point of stating on the physical bottle that the product is uncoloured and non-chill-filtered.

Quite a few whisky producers do. I have about 100 so far documented. But I find it's extremely rare in the case of rum.

Besides Foursquare (which does not include Doorly's or Real McCoy which don't) -and not considering independent bottlers that often do- how many more examples can you think of? Hampden Estate will declare it's uncolored, Worthy Park may state it's non-chill filtered, but printing both on the label is very rare in rum.

Of course labels can be different for different markets, but I am finding very few cases on the shelves here, and on the net. Anyone know why this is?

Or better, are you aware of other producers that do make a habit of declaring this?