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The McAfee Brothers Benchmark Bourbon Collection. Furthermore, once you find your favorite, you can add it to your bar as a reasonably priced daily sipper, too. That is a pretty reasonable price for a whole set of bourbons! This bourbon family is just perfect for a fun tasting flight with friends. I picked up all the Benchmark Bourbons, including the original Benchmark 8 ($10-$12), for less than $130 when they first came out. What is great about the set is its price. Sazerac then added the McAfee name, and crafted a new story to go with it. Back in the day, their slogan was: “Measure your bourbon against it.” That would imply that the brand was named after a different definition of benchmark, specifically: “a standard or point of reference against which things may be compared or assessed.” Sazerac (the parent company of Buffalo Trace) purchased the brand in either 1989 or 1992, depending on who you read. It seems that Seagram’s originally created the brand in the late 1960’s and produced it at the Four Roses Distillery. Or Maybe It Wasn’tĮxcept, maybe it doesn’t. It is from these marks where they say Benchmark Bourbon gets its name. The surveyor marks left behind are known as benchmarks. Back in the late 1700’s, the brothers explored and surveyed the land that would become Kentucky, and specifically the land that would eventually be the site of the Buffalo Trace Distillery. Buffalo Trace states that the brand is named after the McAfee Brothers. There is very little information available about these bourbons, other than what is on their labels. However, at the time, this new set of bourbons intrigued me, so I drove to Indiana to get them! Benchmark Bourbon Was Named After The McAfee BrothersĪlways Bring a glass – Get the Neat Traveler from Aged & Ore Since then, their distribution has become much more widespread. I’m not sure of the rationale behind that, but Buffalo Trace/ Sazerac generally knows what they are doing. Beginning in late 2020, these bourbons became available, but only in Indiana. But here they are, the McAfee Brothers Benchmark Bourbon Collection 5 new bourbons all released at the same time. How often do we see a brand go from one “bottom shelf” bourbon to a whole new line of bourbons all at once? Not very often. The McAfee Brothers Benchmark Bourbon collection consisting of 5 bourbons was first released by Buffalo Trace Distillery in late 2020, in Indiana only.

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