re: How "bourbon" got it's name...Bourbon County or Bourbon Street in New Orleans?

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As for the theory in the OP, it's a cool theory and all, but completely false. Bourbon whiskey was born in Bourbon County, Kentucky and that's where it's name comes from. The barrels they put the whiskey in and shipped out to ports all over, including New Orleans, were marked "Bourbon County Whiskey" or "Old Bourbon County Whiskey" to differentiate it from whiskies made in other areas.

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Which can't be proven either, which is why it is in dispute. Even Kentucky people argue about different Kentucky people inventing it when using charred barrels to age spirits is well older than America.

In the end it doesn't really matter because Bourbon County and Bourbon Street both get their name from the same place.