Templeton Rye Deceptive marketing - got 'em!

I've got a bottle of Templeton and I'll be reviewing it soon. I've read about their whole legal situation. Personally, the most enlightening part of the read wasn't about the deceptive marketing over their "traditional" recipe. For me, if the whisky tastes good I don't care how old or traditional the recipe is. More enlightening was the fact that after they buy their rye from MGP, they add a flavouring agent. Apparently flavouring can be added legally to a whisky if it's no more than 2.5% in the States, something I didn't know about. Makes me wonder how common or widespread it is.

@hunggar, if Templeton is adding any "flavoring" to whiskey, then they are violating more US laws if they do not announce that fact on the bottle label.

Until a very few years ago, 5 or 10 or so, it was almost impossible to find any additives in any US whiskey. Then some geniuses decided that women would buy whiskey more readily if it were more like a cocktail in a bottle. Now you find honey, black cherry syrup, maple syrup, cinnamon,...all kinds of crap, in some products.

About labeling by independent bottlers (and even labeling by the big distilleries as well), I really do not see why the US allows these many "ghost distillery" names to be used, without a requirement that the spirit's disillery of origin be listed.

@Victor, I'm not referring to whiskey that is advertised as flavoured. Apparently flavouring whisky up to 2.5% is legal under certain guidelines. This is an interesting read.

chuckcowdery.blogspot.tw/2014/09/…

@hunggar, very good reason indeed, to make all of your bourbon and US rye whiskey purchases to be of only STRAIGHT bourbon or rye.