100% Corn Bourbon: What the Mash Bill Has to Mean

Updated August 2026.

100% corn is a mash recipe, not a separate bourbon type. Bourbon is one type: ≥51% corn, new charred oak, ≥80 proof. A 100% corn mash is legal if the other rules hold. Distillers rarely publish a full mash bill unpublished percentages. Typical US lots sit at 40% 100 proof is not bottled-in-bond by itself. No official six-bottle ranking or 2026 street list.

Related: types of bourbon, straight bourbon, cheap bourbon.

Mash vs type

Language 1.5 oz drinks
Bourbon floor 1.00 at 40%
100% corn Read the neck
Published mash %
100 proof 1.25

Count the proof on the neck, not the corn boast. Pour math: whiskey drinks.

Sources

  • 27 CFR 5.143 / 5.88. Mash percentages unpublished unless the brand prints them.
  • Typical US 40%. NIAAA December 2025. No six-pick ranking. No street.

Leave a Comment