3. Bourbon (the liquor) and Bourbon (the royal family)

Jericho always thought bourbon whiskey was a fancy French thing like Courvoisier or cognac. But no, bourbon is a distinctly American liquor, defined and protected by federal law! So how did bourbon get its name, and what, if anything, does the name have to do with the House of Bourbon, the French royal family best known for monarchs like Louis XIV, Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette? Jericho and Hadrian travel to Bourbon County, Kentucky, the supposed birthplace of bourbon whiskey, to get some answers.

Shout-outs to Hartfield & Co., Bourbon County’s first bourbon distillery since 1919, and the Hopewell Museum of Paris, Kentucky for their generous time.