Kentucky Eggnog

Although nog is an old English term for ale, most early references to what we know as eggnog mention red wine as a main ingredient. By the mid-eighteenth century in America, it seems the creamy drink was made primarily with rum, followed in the South by the substitution of bourbon, which, henceforth, became the standard spirit for the rich beverage served everywhere at Christmastime. Throughout most of the South, eggnog is made exclusively with heavy cream and bourbon, the salient ex