Bourbon Joe wrote:I thought Henry McKenna was a 10 y/o.
it is labelled as a ten year bottle, but now and then you find one that, according to the 'barreled on' date on the label, may be eleven or twelve years old. This stores only been open 6 months or so, and has both 11 and 12 year bottles on the shelf, so its not like theyve been on their shelves for two years. This isnt a bourbon I buy regularly, but the last time I had one, a friend gave me a private selection, and it was 13 years old (the private selection label had the barreled on date as well as the selected on date, so it clearly was 13 years
age stated only means its at least that old, according to the bourbon rules.
Mckennas profile, from my experience, isnt an overly woody profile. I imagine the woody barrels head to the elijah craig bottle line. That last 13 year old private selection could have easily been confused for an older wild turkey 101 if tasted blindly. It was pretty good! This one is more of a nicely aged and smoother/sweeter version of HH6BIB.
see?! I stepped off the 'im not buying anything for a long time' wagon and am already thinking of going back and getting that other 12 year one.