It’s…unpleasant.īenchmark Bourbon is cheap but unfortunately not fun to drink. It starts a little sweet and dry with honey, grain, fennel, and caraway seed, but then the sweetness tapers-off and the dry and bitter oak, black pepper, and earthy caraway seed take over.
After “chewing” the finish starts-off fine enough, but it shortly takes a turns for the worse. The aftertaste kicks off with dry and bitter oak, honey, roasted grains, and herbal fennel. Then again, it’s just 36 months old…and it shows. It tastes so young and thin, not at all ready to be bottled for sale. It starts a little sweet and fruity, but then the dry oak, earthy caraway seed, youthful grain, and black pepper take over and make the flavors worse. While “chewing” brings out the honey first, it then leads to a lot more dry and earthy grains, then a little vanilla, apple, pear, caraway seed, dry oak, black pepper, and clove. It’s pretty bland, and after a second or so gets a little bitter too. The youthful graininess, dry oak, and light sweetness and fruitiness again remind me that this is young and not developed-enough bourbon. It’s just light and lacks any heft, richness, or depth.īenchmark Old No 8 Bourbon starts off with light honey, pear, roasted oak, vanilla, roasted and dry grain, cinnamon, and then even more grain and some earthy rosemary.
#RATING BENCHMARK WHISKEY 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 Bourbon isn’t offensive to smell, but there’s nothing particularly enjoyable about it either. Swirling brings some slightly floral honey and vanilla, pear, a drop of cherry, and herbal fennel up front. It just smells very young, but at least there’s no harsh alcohol. So far, it’s generally thin and meh, but also not awful or unpleasant. 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. So in this Benchmark Bourbon review, let’s find out if “budget” Buffalo Trace / Eagle Rare is compelling enough to try for yourself, add to your collection, or completely avoid.Īt first sniff, Benchmark Bourbon doesn’t have much to offer. To be called straight bourbon, the age has to be disclosed on the label if it’s less than 4 years old (among other rules), which Benchmark Old No 8 is in this case. While it’s the cheapest one, it’s also the youngest and lowest ABV version.įunny enough, Buffalo Trace put an age statement on the label (“aged at least 36 months”), but I guess that’s because they have to in order to call it straight bourbon. Texacer's Guide to Tasting/Nosing/ReviewingĬomposition: Buffalo Trace Mash #1, speculated to be ~10-12% ryeĬolor: 1.0/2.0 on the color scale (copper)īenchmark Old No 8 Bourbon is Buffalo Trace’s cheapest mashbill #1 bourbon, the same mashbill used for many of the its very popular bourbons such as Buffalo Trace, Eagle Rare, EH Taylor Small Batch, and more. Helpful Stuffīeginner's and Intermediate Guide to Bourbon As well as any news articles or bourbon related internet things. R/Whisky r/WorldWhisky r/Scotch /r/Whiskyporn Whisky Network GuideĪll Discussions and Reviews of Bourbon, Rye, and/or any American Whiskey are welcome and encouraged(yes, even Jack).
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