going to get busy tonight,
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scotch over bourbon Bingie? I figured you were more of a patriot than that. =D
There's magic to the old time tradition and aged Scotch. Bourbon can be exceptionally pure and high quality because of how it is made (fresh barrels every time), but I think that is a waste of wood. Part of why they use fresh barrels is because re-charring took too much time and energy. Also in the high period of Bourbon there was a ton of oak available in the united states. They could easily make a barrel fresh and use it first char then age other whiskeys in the used barrels. This is seen as somewhat of a premium.
I'm not so into the use of corn mash either... but whatever to each his/her own.