What's the difference between bourbon and brandy?

Bourbon


Definition:

  • (n.) A member of a family which has occupied several European thrones, and whose descendants still claim the throne of France.
  • (n.) A politician who is behind the age; a ruler or politician who neither forgets nor learns anything; an obstinate conservative.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The nonethanol congeners of bourbon have been found to possess estrogenic activity when tested using an in vivo oophorectomized rat bioassay, as well as an in vivo estrogen receptor assay system.
  • (2) Blood acetaldehyde concentrations ranged from 0.11 to 0.15 and from 0.04 to 0.08 milligrams per 100 milliliters when blood ethanol concentrations ranged from 1 to 400 milligrams per 100 milliliters after consumption of bourbon or grain ethanol, respectively.
  • (3) Serves 2 100ml bourbon or whisky 250ml soda water 2 lemon slices 2 sprigs of rosemary For the syrup (makes about 250ml) 225ml lemon juice (5-6 lemons) 120g sugar 4-6 sprigs of rosemary 1 Combine all the syrup ingredients in a medium saucepan, then heat until just boiling.
  • (4) Forty male undergraduates over 21 years of age were provoked following their ingestion of either 1.5 ounces (.045 1) or .5 ounces (.015 1) of 100 proof bourbon or vodka per 40 (18 kg) of body weight.
  • (5) This song was sung by Garibaldi when he kicked the Bourbons out of Sicily.
  • (6) Michele Telaro, field coordinator of the MSF rescue ship Bourbon Argos, said it had taken three hours to recover 11 bodies.
  • (7) Further Italian scenes will be shot at the royal palace of Caserta in Campania, a huge 18th-century site constructed for the Bourbon kings of Naples, reports said.
  • (8) Recipe supplied by Ross Clarke, Dirty Bones, dirty-bones.com Rosemary and lemonade bourbons This will make more syrup than you need, but it keeps well in the fridge, and the recipe is easily doubled.
  • (9) These findings, using three methodological approaches, demonstrate that bourbon contains at least one biologically active phytoestrogen and suggest that the effects of alcoholic beverage use or abuse, particularly as they relate to endocrine systems, should not be viewed as resulting solely from exposure to ethanol.
  • (10) Working together on a series of studio nudes, Proud Flesh (exhibited in the US last year), was, as she puts it, "a chance to spend quiet afternoons together: no phone, no kids, two fingers of bourbon, the smell of the ether, the two of us – still in love, still at work."
  • (11) He smoked his pipe avidly and drank a little Bourbon whisky daily.
  • (12) In that same period, from 2010-2014, worldwide whiskey sales climbed 2.7%, with sales of American-made bourbons and Tennessee whiskeys up an incredible 17%.
  • (13) The four shopping lists were identical except for the fifth product; i.e., Ss received a shopping list including either marijuana, beer, bourbon, or soft drinks.
  • (14) I'm aiming to end in Memphis via Indianapolis, somewhere in Kentucky (you decide, hint: I like whisky, or whiskey, or bourbon, I won't take you to task over which – until I've sampled it), and also Nashville .
  • (15) If you’re a whiskey drinker, your happy place is The Gladly, which has a worldly collection of more than 200 varieties of scotch, bourbon and rye.
  • (16) French revolutionaries, preferring Garibaldis to Bourbons, were not taken with Henri.
  • (17) These findings indicate that the congeners present in bourbon did not affect significantly the development of tolerance to ethanol in goldfish.
  • (18) At Whiskey Ward , a “no-frills tavern with big list of scotch, whiskey & bourbon” on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, I ask bartender Robinson Diaz about the most popular request on busy weekends.
  • (19) To evaluate this hypothesis directly, de-ethanolized bourbon was prepared and orally administered to a single postmenopausal woman.
  • (20) Of course, if you go to Bourbon Street in the French Quarter at night it's pretty raucous.

Brandy


Definition:

  • (n.) A strong alcoholic liquor distilled from wine. The name is also given to spirit distilled from other liquors, and in the United States to that distilled from cider and peaches. In northern Europe, it is also applied to a spirit obtained from grain.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) But this regime is by no means a temporary regime,” Brandis said.
  • (2) O’Sullivan said a number of “third parties” whom Brandis met would need to be consulted before they could consider release.
  • (3) The idea that these problems exist on the other side of the world, and that we Australians can ignore them by sheltering comfortably in our own sequestered corner of the globe, is a fool’s delusion.” Brandis sought to reach out to Australian Muslims, saying the threat came “principally from a small number of people among us who try to justify criminal acts by perverting the meaning of Islam”.
  • (4) Brandis rejected suggestions the Coalition had made a deal with the Greens to pass Senate reforms as long as the ABCC was not raised.
  • (5) Plibersek’s spokesman said on Friday: “Who is Mr Brandis to dictate the language on the Middle East peace negotiations?” The spokesman said the intervention this week amounted to “another foreign policy embarrassment for the Abbott government, which is why [Brandis] was forced by the foreign minister and the Foreign Affairs Department to rush out a statement about his inept pronouncements.” Labor ran into its own controversy earlier this year when Bill Shorten appeared to telegraph a shift in policy around the description of settlements in a major speech to the Zionist Federation of Australia.
  • (6) Brandis said nothing in the bill would stop Asio whistleblowers from reporting suspected wrongdoing to the inspector general of intelligence and security.
  • (7) Brandis is yet to make a final determination about whether the government will implement such a regime or not – I suspect it is very likely to happen – but he's quite clearly reserving himself time and space to think it through.
  • (8) Brandis has asked the ACT government not to put the new laws into effect until the court can determine their validity, but the chief minister, Katy Gallagher, has vowed to press ahead.
  • (9) Everyone knows that Father Christmas’s tipple of choice is brandy, so Santa, if you’re reading this, we recommend you pause in The Flask on Highgate West Hill for a quick snifter.
  • (10) In 2013, the Mail On Sunday reported that Umunna belonged to a “shady” City men’s club where bottles of brandy went for £4,000 a pop, that he hung out with celebrities, and that he would happily pay £1,200 for a suit.
  • (11) I want to emphasise the point: it’s a common responsibility on all citizens if they become aware of information of concern, they should make authorities aware.” Brandis said he had spoken early on Friday to the AFP commissioner, Andrew Colvin, who told him the New South Wales police had “no reason to believe” the Merrylands police station incident was an act of terrorism .
  • (12) Brandis said former human rights commissioner Tim Wilson, who retired in February and was preselected as Liberal candidate for Goldstein , had a “particularly distinguished term”.
  • (13) Asked about his forthcoming Christmas television special in an interview in the Radio Times, the BBC presenter, who turns 90 next year, said: “At Christmas we’re under the impression we have it all: we have turkey and brandy butter and Christmas pudding and the family and we have a great time, by and large.
  • (14) The latter of these focus on the things Chile does best: wine and pisco, the local brandy with a grassy colour and spicy-sweet taste.
  • (15) Marriage equality could be a reality by end of the year, says George Brandis Read more The attorney general, George Brandis , told Sky News on Sunday the government’s mooted plebiscite on the issue would be held shortly after the 2016 election and before the end of the year.
  • (16) Brandis conceded to Liberal Democratic senator David Leyonhjelm, explicitly prohibiting Asio from engaging in torture, but would not even answer a reasonable question from Greens Senator Scott Ludlam during what passed for the debate over the bill.
  • (17) Carboxylic acids were present in much higher levels in plum brandy, vinegar, lamb and mutton (heated), whereas alcohols, esters and carbonyls aldehydes are particularly abundant in brandy.
  • (18) Brandis said the measures were developed in conjunction with the New South Wales government.
  • (19) In an interview with Sky News on Tuesday, Brandis emphasised that the government had not made any decisions about second-generation Australians and had instead opted to “lead a national conversation about the rights and obligations associated with citizenship”.
  • (20) The treasurer, Joe Hockey, the attorney general, George Brandis, the trade minister, Andrew Robb, the finance minister, Mathias Cormann, and Turnbull are understood to oppose Billson’s proposed changes.

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