What is bourbon?
Bourbon
American whiskey made from at least 51 percent corn and aged in new charred oak barrels. Sweeter and rounder than most whiskies.
What it tastes like
Caramel, vanilla and toasted oak, with corn sweetness and a little baking spice.
Where you’ll see it
Every bar list, in old fashioneds, Manhattans and juleps, and in Southern cooking and desserts.