Laws Four Grain, Compass Box “Oak Cross”)ģ | Bad | Flawed (Iron Smoke Bourbon, Balcones)Ģ | Poor | Forced myself to drink it (Buckshee Bourbon and Rye)ġ | Disgusting | Drain pour (Virginia Distilling Co. Just like many bottom-shelf SiBs, there’s no info on the actual barrel, but still a value buy.ġ0 | Insurpassable | Nothing Else Comes Close (Blanton’s Straight from the Barrel)ĩ | Incredible | Extraordinary (GTS, Elijah Craig Barrel Proof B518 and B520)Ĩ | Excellent | Exceptional (12+YO MGP Bourbon, Highland Park Single Barrels)ħ | Great | Well above average (Blanton’s Original, Old Weller Antique, Booker’s)Ħ | Very Good | Better than average (Four Roses Small Batch Select, Knob Creek 14+ YO Picks)ĥ | Good | Good, solid, ordinary (Elijah Craig Small Batch, Buffalo Trace, Old Grand-Dad Bottled-in-Bond)Ĥ | Sub-par | Many things I’d rather have (A.D. Overall: This can stand up to an EW SiB in my opinion. Mouthfeel is medium-bodied, coating, oily, and lingering.įinish: Keeps going in the corners of the mouth, with lingering cherry notes (especially candied ones) with rye heat. Fresh and baked cherries come out with a pleasant oak dryness. A robust and sturdy palate with some fine leather notes mingling with dry tobacco, a touch of oak and a hint of dried cherries. Palate: Spicy, but sweetness rolls in after. 22 reviews View Product Info Benchmark Bourbon Old No.8 Plastic 72 reviews United States - Kentucky - 0 - Kentucky- The nose bears caramel notes with a delicate stone-fruit backdrop.
Nose: More caramel and oak than I expected. So, if you pick this up and decide you like it, the best chance you have is probably to buy another bottle from the same store…but no guarantees! Like several value-brand single barrels (looking at you, Evan Williams) while this is labeled a single barrel, no information is given about the actual barrel the bottle came from.
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