It’s a very good time to be a bourbon drinker. Even with tariffs hitting American whiskey sales overseas, the Distilled Spirits Council says that in 2018 sales were up 6.6 percent from the previous year, generating $3.6 billion. Nowadays you can find bourbon in nearly every state, although Kentucky remains both the spiritual (pun definitely intended) and literal home of this intrinsically American spirit. The old guard distilleries still run the show, producing most of the top-shelf bourbon you can find, but a few upstarts are making whiskey that is well worth checking out as well. The best bourbon is often the least flashy and most affordable, so you won’t find any bottles of Pappy or Kentucky Owl or Michter’s 25 on this list, as incredible as those may be. Without further ado, here are the 10 bourbon whiskey brands you should be drinking now.