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The typical grain mixture for bourbon, known as the mash bill, is a minimum of 51% corn, with the remainder being rye, wheat, malted barley, or some combination of these. A mash bill that contains wheat instead of rye produces what is known as a wheated bourbon. The grain is ground and mixed with water.
(Consider that your trump card on the drunk guy at the bar, who thinks he knows more about spirits than you do.). But Kentucky certainly produces the lion's share. 95% of the world's bourbon is made in the stateâ and more than half of Kentucky bourbon is made by Jim Beam. The white-label bourbon is a fixture on bars the world over. But that's not all Beam makes; other recognizable names including Knob Creek, Booker's, and Basil Hayden are also made by the company.