There are so many great bottles of whiskey that we want to drink that we’d have an incredibly difficult time picking a solid winner. We’ll leave that to the more than 40 professionals at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition that sampled more than 3,000 spirits last weekend during the 2019 competition. For only the second time in the two decades of competition, bourbon edged out all the Irish, Japanese and Scottish whiskys to take home the title of Best in Show Whiskey. It gets better. The winner wasn’t some $2,000+ grail bottle you’d have to skip a mortgage payment (or two) to pick up on the secondary market. The current best whiskey in the world according to the competition is Henry McKenna 10-year Single Barrel Bottled-In-Bond Bourbon, a bottle that is relatively available across the country and carries a price tag of between $30 and $40. It’s a great bottle that deserves a spot on any bar, so head out and pick up a few before prices skyrocket or it becomes impossible to find.
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Huckberry’s Essential Holiday Gift Guide
Unzip your coat and have some mulled wine on the house—you’ve arrived at your final gifting destination: The Holiday Gift Guide. It’s like your friendly neighborhood one-stop holiday shop, except instead of balsa wood ornaments, ours is packed with thoughtful gifts for everyone on your list. Future heirlooms, small-but-significant stocking stuffers, and gear for getting out there (or staying in)—are all right here. There’s no music playing in the background though, so you’ll just have to hum Bing Crosby while you click around instead.
