![]() ![]() And this had that kind of cardboard mixed with a note I also get on some young, astringent, cheap whiskeys, which is the chemical cleaner, Tarn-X. Brad, I don't need to mention what the name of that whiskey was, but there's a very prominent note of wet cardboard on it. I will say, when I first poured it out, before I gave it a minute to breathe here, it had a note on it that was a little concerning to me.Ī few seasons back, we tried a whiskey that we have since proclaimed as probably the worst whiskey we've ever had on this show. The red apple peel is pretty prominent on this. So I give this a 7.5/10 on the nose.īob: Yeah I'm with you on all of your notes, man. And then there's a little bit of vanilla that hit after a little while as well. But then after my third and fourth nosing, I just got a massive whiff of brown sugar, and brown sugar's a pretty common note on bourbons, but this one really came through strong for me. It turns into almost like a raw lumber that I'm kind of iffy on. We'll see what happens when they start taking barrels from different floors than just the top floor here.īrad, as we get into this Benchmark Small Batch, what are you picking up on the nose? Noseīrad: This is a really nice, soft, sweet nose. Small batch really means nothing, but it's just another way for them to get a label out of this brand. And small batch, they're probably blending from 200, 300 barrels instead of thousands, right?īob: Which is still much, much larger than most craft whiskey makers would consider their largest batch. And that's that's probably what we're getting here, Brad, with an $18 whiskey.īrad: And I think also the “small batch” designation here would usually indicate that a company is taking a smaller batch of their whiskey to blend with, rather than the typical Woodford Reserve, the Jack Daniel’s of the world, which are blending from thousands and thousands of barrels to create their flagship product. And B, it probably skews more towards the young side of things because again, it's a huge selling point for whiskey makers to be able to say, “this is 16 year bourbon.” So when you don't put an age statement on it, it usually means “We might have had some pretty good 16 year bourbon in this, but we're also cutting it with four-year bourbon that kind of just came of age,” and in order to avoid putting “four years” on their label, they just don't put anything on the label. A, it's probably blended, because if it's not blended, they usually put the age on it. So when we don't see an age on a bottle, we assume (usually) two things about it. Legally, in order to not carry an age statement on the bottle, the youngest whiskey in this blend has to be at least four years old. ![]() It doesn't have a big number five or anything like that on it. Not that we like spending lots of money on whiskey, but, you can't really get much cheaper than an $18 bottle of whiskey.īob: So once again, this is a non-age stated bourbon, meaning that when you pick up the bottle, there's not an age on it. And if that's going to break the bank for you, then perhaps whiskey is not the world that you should be inhabiting. ![]() This is $18 in the state of Ohio, so we are jumping up $3 from our Top Floor. ![]() I mean, it was really good given the price point.īrad: Yeah, and I'll just give the price here. And then we tried this Top Floor last week and at $15, you can't really do any better. We tried the original Benchmark way back in season one, and for $10 we said, okay, you could do worse. Brad, I got to say, man, I'm really enjoying this so far. So we're moving our way along, moving up by proof point. And this one comes in at a bold 90 proof.īob: Yeah, four proof points higher than last week's Benchmark Top Floor. Now Bob, this is the second expression of this five-tiered Benchmark lineup we are investigating. The following review is taken from our episode " Mystic River / Benchmark Small Batch." Click the link to listen to this review in audio format.īrad: Alright everybody, today we are talking about Benchmark Small Batch. After last week's Benchmark Top Floor impressed us at $15, we're looking for bigger an better things from this $18, 90-proof Buffalo trace bourbon. As well as any news articles or bourbon related internet things.Today, we're reviewing Benchmark Small Batch, the second whiskey in the new collection of special-edition bourbons bearing the Benchmark name. 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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