Henry McKenna 10 Year Bottled in Bond Bourbon

Color medium amber Vanilla and cinnamon nose Brown sugar and cinnamon palate, hint of melon or citrus with long leather, hint of tobacco, and oak finish

3.5

Not a regular rye bourbon drinker but this one's nice. Orange and spice on the nose. The palate is full of flavor. Once the burn is gone, it's creamy with more spice. It's a good cold, winter whiskey.

This bourbon is easily one of my top 2. For $35 you are getting a 10 year bourbon at an absolute steal. I hear some stores are selling it for a lot more, so I guess I am lucky. Heaven Hill is putting out some amazing bourbons. I have gone through several bottles and have had maybe 1-2 bottles that were just mediocre. Most bottles are very solid bourbons, but my current bottle is phenomenal. Some people complain about the inconsistency with McKenna 10 yr but so it goes with a single barrel - you can never really get identical barrels. I guess that’s why I like this one so much - I appreciate what the distiller can’t control once the bourbon is put into the barrel. What I can say about McKenna is I am confident I am getting a great bourbon every time but then every now and then you open a real gem of a bottle. It’s too bad this is getting harder to find.