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.
Benchmark old no 8 cracker#
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. The original Benchmark was made at Lawrenceburg, Kentucky at the Old Prentice Distillery, now known as Four Roses Distillery (on the Salt River, fittingly located 5 miles north of McAfee, Ky) when Seagram owned it.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. Named after the McAfee brothers who surveyed a site just north of Frankfort in the late 1700s, this. The origin of the McAfee name is that James, George and Robert McAfee (along with James McCoun, Samuel Adams and Hancock Taylor) were, in 1773, the first early American explorers to survey land at the site where Buffalo Trace stands today. It is still owned by Sazerac Brands of New Orleans which also now owns the Buffalo Trace distillery in Frankfort, where Benchmark is now made. The Benchmark brand name was purchased by the Sazerac Company in 1989 from Seagram's. Originally Benchmark was sold in a decanter-style bottle with a black label. At that time, the whiskey was not called McAfee's, but simply Benchmark Bourbon and the name McAfee came much later. The Benchmark brand was created by Seagram's in the late 1960s to be a luxury or premium-level bourbon. proof (35% alcohol by volume) also carry the brand name – one with apple flavoring, one with peach flavoring and the third with brown sugar flavoring. proof (40% alcohol by volume) bourbon aged "at least 36 months" according to its label. The primary brand expression is an 80 U.S. 8 Brand" (with "Benchmark" rendered in much larger letters than the rest).
Benchmark old no 8 full#
The full name of the brand that appears on the bottle is " McAfee's Benchmark Old No. McAfee's Benchmark is a brand of Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey produced by the Sazerac Company at its Buffalo Trace Distillery in Frankfort, Kentucky. Aromas of buttery caramelized grains and nuts follow through on a soft, brisk entry to a dryish medium body with husky grain. Brand of Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey McAfee's Benchmark
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