Quote Originally Posted by revetec
Bourbon is a whiskey, as is Scotch a whiskey.
Actually Scotch is a whisky, as opposed to a whiskey from Ireland or America. Not much difference in what it actually is, but a Scot I used to work with used to get terribly upset when people misspelled his national drink. They're all a bit peculiar up there anyway, so I wouldn't worry too much about it.