Filed by A. SMITH BOWMAN
John J. Bowman
Fredericksburg, VirginiaFiled 14 May 2025
- 80 proof · 40% ABV
- Age not stated
- Straight bourbon
- Single barrel
- Distilled in Virginia
Wood & finish
- Class, as printed
- Virginia Straight Bourbon Whiskey
- Bottle
- 750 ml
Read from the front, back, other and other labels by the extractor; each fact is the label's own statement.
Sourcing
- Distilled at
- Not named — the label says only "distilled in Virginia"
- Produced by
- A. Smith Bowman Distillery Spotsylvania County, Fredericksburg, VA
- Distilled in
- Virginia
Each line is the label's own statement with its role words removed. Applicant and bottler are not the same thing as distiller.
No distiller name is inferred from a state. When the label names only a state, the ledger says so.
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Also filed by A. SMITH BOWMAN
| Distiller | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 15 Jan | Abraham Bowman | Whiskey | Not stated | 118 | Not stated | Bottler only |
 | 10 Jul | Bowman Brothers | Straight bourbon | Not stated | 80 | VA | Not named |
 | 14 May | Bowman Brothers | Straight bourbon | Not stated | 80 | VA | Not named |
 | 16 Sep | Abraham Bowman | Whiskey | Not stated | 110 | VA | Not named |
 | 16 Sep | Abraham Bowman | Straight bourbon | Not stated | 115 | Not stated | Bottler only |
 | 16 Sep | Abraham Bowman | Straight bourbon | Not stated | 135 | Not stated | Bottler only |
15 JanAbraham BowmanWhiskey, 118 proof
- Distilled in
- Not stated
- Distiller
- Bottler only
- Filed by
- A. SMITH BOWMAN
10 JulBowman BrothersStraight bourbon, 80 proof
- Distilled in
- VA
- Distiller
- Not named
- Filed by
- A. SMITH BOWMAN
14 MayBowman BrothersStraight bourbon, 80 proof
- Distilled in
- VA
- Distiller
- Not named
- Filed by
- A. SMITH BOWMAN
16 SepAbraham BowmanWhiskey, 110 proof
- Distilled in
- VA
- Distiller
- Not named
- Filed by
- A. SMITH BOWMAN
16 SepAbraham BowmanStraight bourbon, 115 proof
- Distilled in
- Not stated
- Distiller
- Bottler only
- Filed by
- A. SMITH BOWMAN
16 SepAbraham BowmanStraight bourbon, 135 proof
- Distilled in
- Not stated
- Distiller
- Bottler only
- Filed by
- A. SMITH BOWMAN
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- Distilled in
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- Distilled in
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- Distilled in
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- Distilled in
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- Distiller
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- Filed by
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- Distilled in
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- Distiller
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* Proof derived from the printed ABV (ABV × 2); the label prints no proof.
Where this comes from
- TTB ID
- 25133001000148
- Label approved
- 14 May 2025
- Submitted
- 13 May 2025 (approved 1 days later)
- Name on the approval
- A. SMITH BOWMAN
- Address on the approval
- Fredericksburg, VA
- Permits on the approval
- DSP-VA-35
- Class on the approval
- 101, Straight bourbon
- How it was read
- By CaskGrail's reader, from the label images; each fact is the label's own statement
- Source
- US TTB label approval (COLA), not a shelf listing or a release announcement
A label approval is permission to bottle. It isn't an announcement or a release date. The name on the approval is whoever applied for it, which is not always who distilled the whiskey. How CaskGrail reads labels