{"id":207,"count":7,"description":"Bourbon is the most prominent style of whiskey produced in the USA, enjoyed in saloons around the world sipped neat or in brilliant bourbon cocktails. Back in the days of yore (around the late 18th Century, specifically), Irish and Scottish immigrants brought distillation to Kentucky. A farmer would whack a portion of their crops into their still and they\u2019d have what we\u2019d see today as the precursor to bourbon whiskey.\r\n\r\nThere are a few theories as to how the name for bourbon came around, but nothing concrete. It\u2019s derived from France\u2019s Bourbon dynasty, but no one is 100% sure where exactly the name for the spirit came from. Some people say it was named for Bourbon County in Kentucky, while others say it was from Bourbon Street in New Orleans. If you're a time traveller, do us all a favour and go find out, would you?\r\n\r\nSo, what is bourbon? Well, there are a few laws dictating how bourbon is made. 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