“What is the perfect age for bourbon?” is almost an unanswerable question. Or rather, there are so many different answers it may as well be. There are certainly whiskey lovers who believe older bourbon is better, but there are just as many folks out there who enjoy 8-12 year old bourbon just fine. The Whiskey Wash has asked before whether older bourbon really is better, so now we want to know: what makes bourbon the perfect age?

“In my opinion there is no perfect age for bourbon,” says Bourbon Historian Michael Veach. “It depends upon what flavor profile you…