| There are six different types of Scotch that | | | | Rye and Wheat whiskey |
| American whiskey is divided into is a direct result | | | | Generally rye whiskey is blended with other |
| of the different aging times and adjusted | | | | products to create other types of whiskeys. |
| amounts of grains used in each batch of whiskey. | | | | Only a very small portion of this whiskey is |
| The six different American brews are as follows: | | | | actually bottled. It must be made of at least |
| * Bourbon | | | | fifty-one percent rye in order to be deemed rye |
| * Tennessee | | | | whiskey. The distilling and storing conditions meet |
| * Rye | | | | the same requirements as in Bourbon. Mostly |
| * Wheat | | | | made in the states of Indiana and Kentucky it is |
| * Corn | | | | quite uncommon it has a slightly bitter and more |
| * Blended whiskey | | | | powerful taste. |
| Bourbon | | | | |
| Bourbon Is believed to be produced solely in | | | | Corn |
| Kentucky, which is a myth it has been produced | | | | Due to the overwhelming surplus of corn, this |
| in many states. Stipulations for bourbon are very | | | | was an obvious choice and is the predecessor of |
| simple. It must be made in the United States, | | | | Bourbon. As assumed corn is the main ingredient |
| should only be made from fifty-one percent corn, | | | | with about eighty percent. The difference |
| and can only be stored in charred oak barrels for | | | | between corn and Bourbon is that corn does not |
| a term no shorter than two years. The spirit in its | | | | have to be stored in wood. If it is to be aged it |
| raw form may not exceed eighty percent alcohol | | | | must be done in previous Bourbon barrels or |
| by volume. | | | | barrels that have been uncharred |
| Tennessee | | | | Blended American Whiskey |
| There are a few differences between Tennessee | | | | You should not be confused by the differences in |
| and Bourbon. They are very closely related. | | | | Scottish whiskey and American blended whiskey. |
| Tennessee must always be filtered through sugar | | | | American whiskey only contains approximately |
| maple charcoal, and can only be produced in the | | | | twenty percent of rye and bourbon whiskey, a |
| state of Tennessee, hence its name. Currently | | | | mass product industrial spirit, makes up the other |
| there are only two brands of Tennessee whiskey | | | | eighty percent. |
| available; George Dickel and Jack Daniels. | | | | |