Revealed: the truth at the bottom of a bourbon shot

Cosmos Magazine ^ | 3/27/20 | Barry Kelly

[wally_bert]

https://youtu.be/zwMODr-512c?t=21

[PubliusMM]

And, THAT, LibWhacker, is simply Anti-American. To attempt to pass off Jim Beam as Pappy? Deserving of a firing squad, or a noose.

Because, as we all know. Life is too short to drink bad booze.

[kosciusko51]

Bourbon ping.

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

In wine making, it’s called “Terroir”; the impact the local environment makes upon the product.

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

Purged the list. Sorry.
Won’t be reviving it.

[stump56]

bookmark for later alone time reading.

[mfish13]

Most bourbons in the US are already over 50% water.

[Georgia Girl 2]

Watering down whiskey is just wrong. 😆

[texas booster]

BTTT

[jimmygrace]

I am skeptical. The only thing to do is to repeat the test at home with 10-12 seperate bottles of bourbon.

[trisham]

Interesting article, although I’m not sure that I’ve ever tasted bourbon.

[Oshkalaboomboom]

Since you seem to be a connoisseur allow me to introduce you to the whiskeys voted best in America by Whisky Magazine in their April 2020 issue (note: I am only listing American brands. Best in America in its category may not be best in the world):

WORLD’S BEST NEW MAKE

291 Colorado Whiskey White Dog - Rye Whiskey 50.8%

WORLD’S BEST FLAVORED

Few Spirits Cold Cut Bourbon 46.5%

WORLD’S BEST GRAIN

Bainbridge Yama Mizunara Cask 45%

WORLD’S BEST RYE

Col. E.H. Taylor, Jr. Kentucky Straight Rye Whiskey 50%

WORLD’S BEST CORN

Snitching Lady Distillery Buttons Blue Corn Whiskey 50%

WORLD BEST BOURBON (Non-Kentucky)

Ironroot Harbinger 57.5%

WORLD BEST BOURBON (Kentucky)

Peerless Small Batch Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey 54.7%

WORLD’S BEST SINGLE BARREL BOURBON (Kentucky)

Rebel Yell Single Barrel 10 Years Old 50%

WORLD’S BEST SINGLE BARREL BOURBON (Non-Kentucky)

John J. Bowman Virginia Straight Bourbon Whiskey 50%

WORLD’S BEST TENNESSEE

Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey 1820 Single Barrel 58.6%

WORLD’S BEST CANADIAN BLENDED

J.P.Wiser’s Alumni Whisky Series Darryl Sittler 40%

WORLD’S BEST WHEAT

Bainbridge Hokkaido Mizunara Cask 43%

WORLD’S BEST BLENDED MALT

Virginia-Highland Whisky Port Cask Finished 46%

WORLD’S BEST SINGLE CASK SINGLE MALT

Westland Distillery Cask #3204 60%

WORLD’S BEST BLENDED

FEW Spirits American Whiskey 46.5%

WORLD’S BEST SINGLE MALT

The Notch Nantucket 15 Years Old 48%

Drink, drink more and be merry