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Some people aren’t fully aware of the differences in American whiskey, so we thought we’d put together a little cheat sheet of info. It’s one of those things where a lot of people still refer to all whiskey to come from across the pond as, Bourbon. Where as all bourbon is whiskey but not all whiskey is bourbon. There are so many new distilleries popping up around the states that the American whiskey landscape is constantly changing. American whiskey is more of a blanket term incorporating anything made in the US with a mash bill of corn, rye, wheat or barley. There are a multitude of variations in each category and from distillery to distillery, but the following are the basics.
Bourbon: (1872, Buffalo Trace, E.H Taylor)
Tennessee: (Jack Daniels, George Dickel)
Corn Whiskey: (Balcones)
American Rye, Wheat, and Malt: (Sazerac, Roughstock)
In recent years more distilleries some distilleries have been making American single malts using 100% malted barley, much to the same as scotch. While there is no formal category yet, many are lobbying for it. Check out Westland Whiskey.
Written By Cailin Morrison - 13/02/2020