For those of you sipping your bourbon neat in a velvet smoking jacket, it's about time we set the record straight. More often than not, even the most avid whisky drinkers make the faux-pas of confusing bourbon and whisky with one another. That being said, WARNING: Hell hath no fury like a whisky snob scorned.

In order to avoid having having your ear lectured off by self-proclaimed whisky connoisseurs, check out this quick guide on "Bourbon vs Whisky." The infographic below breaks down all the subtleties between the types of whisky, from flavor profiles to distillation differences.

You'll be enjoying that finest-reserve-limited-edition-quintuple-aged whisky and  waxing poetic in no time.

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