Question: what is the difference between irish whiskey and bourbon?
Answer: When it's bottled, the spirit has to be at least 80 proof. Also, bourbon can't contain any added flavors or coloring. ... Irish whiskey must be distilled from a yeast-fermented mash of cereal grains so that the distillate retains traces of their flavor, and it must be distilled to no higher than 94.8% ABV (189.6 proof).