What is the difference in taste between bourbon, whiskey, and scotch??!
What is the difference in taste between bourbon, whiskey, and scotch??
Answers:
scotch tastes like ****. and the others aren't that bad.
*my opinion only*
Bourbon making is full of colorful terms.the mash of fermeting grains called "Beer". After distilling, but before it is barreled, bourbon is clear, like vodka.At Wild Turkey Distillery they call this "white dog".(The charming of the barrel adds the color through the aging process.) Legally;bourbon must be aged at least two years.Most distilleries age their products four to 12 years. Each year of aging, about 3 percent of the bourbon in the barrel is lost to evaporation or to leaching into the barrel itself;this bourbon that disappear before bottling is called the "angel's share."
Whiskey or whisky, refers to a board category of alcoholic beverage that are distilled from fermented grain mash and aged in wooden casks(generally oak). Different grains are used for different varieties,including barley, malted barely, rye,malted rye,wheat, and maize(corn).
Scotch whiskies are generally distilled twice,through some are distilled third time. International laws require anything bearing the label"Scotch" to be distilled in Scotland and matured for a minimum of three years in oak casks. There are various terms which are fairly common in the spirit (or at least,whisky) world but which have special meaning in the scotch whisky industry as are
Malt whiskey
Vatted malt
Single malt
Grain whiskey
Blended whiskies