What is a whiskey bourbon?

Keep this in mind, what's the difference between whiskey & bourbon?

It is possible that you have heard that all whiskey is bourbon. However, not all whiskey can be called bourbon. Bourbon a spirit derived from at minimum 51 percent corn. It is not distilled above 160 proof and stored in new charred oak barrels at 125 or lower proof. It must be bottled at least 80 proof.

The question that follows is: Is Maker's Mark a whiskey or a bourbon? Maker's Mark, a small-batch, bourbon whiskey, is made in Loretto (Kentucky) by Beam Suntory. It is bottled at 90 U.S. Proof (45% alcohol by volume) in squarish bottles with red wax seal. The distillery is open for tours and is part the American Whiskey Trail as well as the Kentucky Bourbon Trail.

So why is Jack Daniels not considered a bourbon, then?

Jack Daniel's Whiskey is not a Bourbon. Jack Daniel’s is slowly dripped - drop by drop - through ten foot of firmly packed charcoal (made with hard sugar maple), before being placed in new charred oak barrels to mature. This unique process is what gives Jack Daniel's Tennessee Whiskey it's rare smoothness.

Is Southern Comfort a Bourbon?

The brown liquid is often found next to whiskey in your local liquor store. But it's not a whiskey. Or a Bourbon. Southern Comfort was originally called Cuffs & Buttons. It is actually a liqueur, which is a whiskey-flavored one. Martin Wilkes Heron, a New Orleans native, created the original recipe.