What is bourbon ? That’s Jack Daniel’s , right? Whiskey ? Something to do with rye ? Well, yes to all three, actually. Very simply, bourbon is a mixture of grains, ground up, mixed with water and heated, fermented with the help of yeast, distilled, then aged in oak barrels.
All very simple. But are bourbon and American whiskey the same thing? No. One way to remember is that all bourbons are whiskeys, but not all whiskeys are bourbons. American whiskey includes sub-categories including bourbon , straight bourbon, rye , wheat , malt, rye malt and corn , each with its...
Läs mer http://blog.thewhiskyexchange.com/2016/07/what-is-bourbon-a-guide-from-the-whisky-exchange/
