Bourbon

In 1964, the US Congress declared ‘Bourbon’ a distinctive product of the United States, becoming America’s national drink, a symbolic gesture of American Independence from Britain in the late 1700s. Bourbon must be produced from at least 51 percent corn, aged for at least two years in charred new oak barrels, with no flavour or colour added. Other grains such as rye and wheat can contribute flavours of spice and bread. - Andrew Paulsen