Where would you put it on your bar?

I’d set this one out to drink with friends. It’s a great price and at the time of writing this, it’s fairly easy to come by. This isn’t one you necessarily have to replace tomorrow before the allotment dries up! It would sit well between the unique rye and the higher-proof wheat options as a solid single-barrel drinker.

Overall Insight

So I know what you are thinking, how can I be so skeptical of this bourbon winning the best bourbon in the world award when I rated it well? Two words, availability, and presentation. What I mean by availability is that this bourbon is one of the sole survivors out there that you can still find with an age statement over 10 years that is still a recognizable brand! Nowadays you may see a bourbon for 12+ years from a label you may not even recognize because it’s a sourced bourbon. Heaven Hill did well to make a great stockpile of bourbon and to keep their coffers high when it counted. More and more you see the age statements go down and the selection of aged bourbons becomes scarcer. That in its own right gave it a leg up. Also, presentation is a factor because to understand bourbon you need to understand the terminology behind it. This is a SINGLE barrel expression. The distillery goes through great lengths and a QC tasting panel to make this as consistent to a profile as they want to be. But just like a fine vintage wine, one year over another, one season over another could slightly deviate.

My point? The bottle this team tasted may not be the bottle you have in your cabinet at home. It could be the bee's knees. But yours could be more of the bees wings… if you like that sort of thing. And maybe you do! To boldly state that bourbon is the best bourbon in the world I think it personally should take more probing and more weigh in from consumers like you and me across the globe to come to a consensus on what a world-coveted bourbon truly represents. That kind of focus group is the stuff distilleries dream of! But even if we couldn’t do that, the fact remains that the best bourbon in the world… might just be your daily drinker. The bourbon you share with your father or son, or best friend. It could be impacted by that nostalgic memory that comes to mind every time you take a sip, that one you save for yourself after a hard day's work, or as your weekend comes to a close. Henry McKenna 10 Year Single Barrel is a solid bourbon. Best bourbon in the world? You’ve heard my opinion, now I’ll let you decide!