Updated March 2026.
A store-pick bourbon is a retailer-selected barrel, not a TTB class. The shop chooses a cask; the label still has to meet bourbon — or straight bourbon if it claims that. Single-barrel is also marketing English unless the producer defines the dump. Proof, age, and mash live on that neck. A 1.5-ounce pour at 40% is one NIAAA drink; scale it if the pick is 100 or barrel proof. 100 proof is not bottled-in-bond.
Related: single-barrel bourbon, straight bourbon, cask-strength bourbon.
Pick vs class
| Language | 1.5 oz drinks |
|---|---|
| Store pick | Scale that neck |
| Bourbon / straight | 1.00 at 40% |
| 100-proof pick | 1.25 |
| Barrel-proof pick | From labeled ABV |
A 750 mL 50% pick is about 21 drinks. Four 100-proof pours are five drinks. Pour math: whiskey drinks.
Sources
- 27 CFR 5.143 bourbon / straight. 27 CFR 5.88 bottled-in-bond. Single-barrel and store-pick are not classes.
- Mash % unpublished unless that label prints it. NIAAA December 2025.
- 27 CFR 5.143 still applies
- ≠ bottled-in-bond unless 27 CFR 5.88