# Bourbon

> Used in 6 IBA official cocktails, around 45% ABV.

Corn-based American whiskey aged in new charred oak; round and sweet.

- Shelf: Spirits
- Spirit family: [Whiskey cocktails](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/whiskey-cocktails/index.md)
- Also searched as: bourbon whiskey, american whiskey

## Cocktails with bourbon

- [Boulevardier](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/cocktails/boulevardier/index.md): uses 45 ml
- [Old Fashioned](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/cocktails/old-fashioned/index.md): uses 45 ml
- [Whiskey Sour](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/cocktails/whiskey-sour/index.md): uses 45 ml
- [Paper Plane](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/cocktails/paper-plane/index.md): uses 30 ml
- [New York Sour](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/cocktails/new-york-sour/index.md): uses 60 ml
- [Mint Julep](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/cocktails/mint-julep/index.md): uses 60 ml

## Goes with

What shows up alongside bourbon most often on the IBA list.

- [Simple syrup](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/ingredients/simple-syrup/index.md): in 4 of these cocktails
- [Lemon juice](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/ingredients/lemon/index.md): in 3 of these cocktails
- [Angostura bitters](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/ingredients/angostura/index.md): in 1 of these cocktails
- [Sweet vermouth](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/ingredients/sweet-vermouth/index.md): in 1 of these cocktails
- [Egg](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/ingredients/egg/index.md): in 1 of these cocktails
- [Campari](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/ingredients/campari/index.md): in 1 of these cocktails
- [Mint](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/ingredients/mint/index.md): in 1 of these cocktails
- [Aperol](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/ingredients/aperol/index.md): in 1 of these cocktails

## Close substitutes

With substitutes switched on in My bar, any of these count as bourbon.

- [Rye whiskey](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/ingredients/rye/index.md): 7 cocktails
- [Scotch whisky](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/ingredients/scotch/index.md): 2 cocktails
- [Irish whiskey](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/ingredients/irish-whiskey/index.md): 2 cocktails

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