Brand (front) or keg collar, 4.73 × 6.85 in
Filed by Verstill
Copper Shadow, Distilled in Defiance
Utica, New YorkFiled 02 Oct 2026
- 104 proof · 52% ABV
- Age not stated
- Whiskey specialty
Wood & finish
- Class, as printed
- Bourbon Whisky Finished in a Rum Cask
- Finish, as printed
- Finished in a Rum Cask
- Bottle
- 750 ml
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Sourcing
- Distilled at
- Not stated — the label makes no distillation claim
- Bottled by
- Bottled by: VERSTILL INC., Utica, NY
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RumShortbarrel, Cigar BatchDistillery of Modern Art107 proofAge not stated
RumThrottled in Bond, High Rye Bourbon Rum Cask FinishThe Bardstown Bourbon Company107 proofAge not stated
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Where this comes from
- TTB ID
- 26259001000581
- Label approved
- 02 Oct 2026
- Submitted
- 16 Sep 2026 (approved 16 days later)
- Name on the approval
- Verstill
- Address on the approval
- Utica, NY
- Permits on the approval
- DSP-NY-21319
- Class on the approval
- 641, Whiskey specialty
- 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
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