# Virginia Gentleman, Virginia bourbon??

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virginia-gentleman-virginia-bourbon/335140>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 11, 2005, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virginia-gentleman-virginia-bourbon/335140 "2005-12-11T15:46:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Neurotik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@Neurotik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neurotik)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2005, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virginia-gentleman-virginia-bourbon/335140/21 "2005-12-15T22:36:38Z")

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> [@silenus](#):
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> It isn’t bourbon unless it has 51% corn in the mash. So a Tennessee whiskey could be less than that and still be a “Tennessee whiskey.”

A [Tennessee whiskey](http://www.tastings.com/spirits/american_whiskey.html) must also use a mash of at least 51% corn.

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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2005, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virginia-gentleman-virginia-bourbon/335140/22 "2005-12-15T22:46:14Z")

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I sit corrected. 😃

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