The 8 best bourbons in America

If you want to be sipping the best bourbon, there's only one competition you need to pay attention to.

More than 2,200 spirits were entered to be sipped and evaluated at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition in April, and eight all-American bourbons rose to the top.

Fresh from their charred-oak barrels, these bottles were rated the best-of-the best by the competition's expert judges.

Most of the bourbons clock in below the $100 mark, but a few do demand a bit more. And they all, of course, hail from the US.