omokage said:
First of all, Crown Royal is a Canadian whiskey. Often called rye whiskey because it is mostly rye, but it's not straight rye, for it is mixed.
Bourbon is mostly corn, but is mixed with rye, wheat, and or barley.
And don't forget the most important distinction: Bourbon, unlike other whiskies, is aged in charred, new oak barrels, which gives it a bit of a vanilla/honey taste.
Scotch (heated barley and malt, or heated malted barley).
Actually it's peated, (dried over peat fires), which imparts scotch's smoky flavor.
The best thing to do would to just call it whiskey, so that no one gets confused that doesn't know the difference.
Right you are.
Brian
(discussing his other favorite topic, the brewer's / distiller's arts)