Bourbon vs whiskey

As a lover of bourbon and American whiskey in general, I often find myself in situations where I get to share my love of these spirits with others.

Usually, when I give a friend a bottle of bourbon who doesn’t drink whiskey too often or who is showing curiosity about it, they ask how they should drink it. When I say drink it however you want, they almost always follow up with “Well how would you drink this?”

After going through this dance more times than I can count, I decided that it’s time I finally wrote out the definitive guide on how to drink bourbon.

Below you’ll find most, but not necessarily all, of the right and wrong ways to drink bourbon (or any whiskey for that matter).

How to drink bourbon for beginners

This resource will help anyone who is in need of direction on how to properly drink their bourbon.

The first step is picking out a bottle of whiskey to drink. It could be an American whiskey, a rye whiskey, a malt whiskey, or, my personal favorite, a bourbon.

It doesn’t have to be expensive to be good, old to taste good, and it doesn’t need to come in a fancy bottle. All t

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