United States
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Bourbon
America's native spirit by act of Congress: a corn-rich whiskey aged in brand-new charred oak, tasting of vanilla, caramel and frontier sunshine. Ingredients: a mash of at least 51% corn (the rest rye, wheat and malted b…
Old Fashioned
The original cocktail — quite literally: the first written definition of the word “cocktail” in 1806 describes exactly this drink. Ingredients: bourbon or rye whiskey, a sugar cube or rich syrup, Angostura bitters, an or…
Mint Julep
The taste of the Kentucky Derby: bourbon and mint over a mountain of crushed ice, sweating in a silver cup. Ingredients: Kentucky bourbon, fresh mint leaves, sugar or syrup, crushed ice — and, traditionally, a silver or…
Rye Whiskey
Rye whiskey: the spicy, drier American whiskey — distilled from at least 51% rye, it ruled the early Republic and powered the Manhattan and the Old Fashioned before Prohibition nearly killed it. Origins: Scots-Irish sett…
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