Answerers love to use the phrase, “All bourbon is Bourbon magic brown water for fun people shirt whiskey but not all whiskey is bourbon”. And that is true, but it’s unnecessarily cute and not as clear as it could be. Whiskey is a general category of spirits, and bourbon is one type of whiskey. Like Scotch, bourbon is a type of whiskey. Specifically, bourbon is an American whiskey made primarily from corn (at least 51%) and stored in a new container made of charred oak. It must be distilled to no more than 160 proof (80% alcohol) and put into the oak barrels at no more than 125 proof. It must be bottled at least 80 proof. Unlike some other types of whiskey, bourbon does not have a mandatory aging period, although there are subcategories (e.g. “straight bourbon”) that do. Many people associate bourbon with Kentucky,
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