![]() Nose: 20 | Taste: 20 | Finish: 19 | Balance: 20 People have given it a much higher score than I did so for the price you’ll be getting it, it’s a good dram. Taste: Dry leather and hints of fruity notes.įinish: Corn mash hits you hard with oak and dry fruity notes.īalance: Robust and sour but decent dram. Nose: Corn and honey in a mellow way with sweet and fruity notes. Benchmark bourbon and their regular Buffalo Trace bourbon are great examples of that! But they are good at making good products with small price tags as well. Buffalo Trace is famous for making limited edition whiskeys with big price tags and good quality. There’s also rye, wheat, malted barley or malted rye grain in the mix. Made from a combo of more than 50% corn and it really shows. Decent stuff, that hasn’t been recognized as much as their other work. But not bad, especially for the price tag. A bit one sided and too dry for my taste. And I paid only 18 euros for it(!).įor me it wasn’t anything special. ![]() It has even won Gold Medal at the International Spirits Challenge. An 8 year old bourbon, that has made some reputation being “bang for the buck” bourbon. SUPER 8 for the price, you’re getting it!īenchmark Old No. Whisky Related Stuff Whisky related stuff like drinks, food, books etc.USA Whiskies from United States of America. ![]() Speyside Whiskies from the Speyside region of Scotland.Lowland Whiskies from the Lowland region of Scotland.Islay Whiskies from the Islay region of Scotland.Islands Whiskies from the Islands region of Scotland.Highland Whiskies from the Highland region of Scotland.Europe Whiskies from rest of Europe, apart from Finland.Campbeltown Whiskies from the Campbeltown region in Scotland.Australia Each Australian whisky tasted and review by WhiskyRant!.Asia Whiskies from Asia, apart from Japan.This whiskey has won Gold in the International Wine and Spirit Competition and Los Angeles International Wine Competition. ![]() It’s pretty bland and, after a second or so, gets a little bitter too. The youthful graininess, dry oak, and slight sweetness and fruitiness again remind me that this is young and not developed-enough bourbon. Then I start to get more of that earthy and dry grain, caraway seed, oak, and dry cracker that screams young and under-developed bourbon.īenchmark Old No 8 Bourbon starts with light honey, pear, toasted oak, vanilla, roasted and dry grain, cinnamon, and even more grain and some earthy rosemary. Swirling brings some slightly floral honey and vanilla, pear, a drop of cherry, and herbal fennel upfront. Similar to young craft bourbon, there’s a noticeable youthful graininess and pepperiness because the bourbon hasn’t had enough time to develop more sweetness. There’s some light honey, grain, vanilla, fennel, slightly dark apple juice, a drop of orange juice, and some dry and roasted oak. While it’s the cheapest one, it’s also the youngest and lowest ABV version.Īt first sniff, Benchmark Bourbon doesn’t have much to offer. Benchmark Old No 8 Bourbon is Buffalo Trace’s cheapest mash bill #1 bourbon, the same mash bill used for many of its very popular bourbons such as Buffalo Trace, Eagle Rare, EH Taylor Small Batch, and more. ![]()
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