KENTUCKY STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKEY

This Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey is bottled at the same proof that it enters the barrel. Bold and robust, this 125 proof whiskey is meant to be sipped and savored.

Benchmark Full Proof Bourbon is the highest proof offering in the Benchmark bourbon lineup. According to Buffalo Trace, the brand is “named after the McAfee brothers who surveyed a site just north of Frankfort in the late 1700s. The rye recipe bourbon is yet another label that honors the storied history of the Distillery and the land it sits on.” Coming in at 125 proof, the bourbon is denoted as full proof due to the fact that it is bottled at the same proof that the distillate originally entered the barrel.

Benchmark Full Proof Bourbon isn’t the first full proof bourbon by Buffalo Trace. The brand also produces Weller Full Proof, which while bottled at 114 proof, is also bottled at the same proof that it enters the barrel at. Sazerac, who owns Buffalo Trace, also owns Barton 1792 Distillery, which produces 1792 Full Proof that follows the same premise. While full proof aren’t quite barrel proof bourbons, they certainly compete in the same category as other high proof and barrel proof bourbons available in the market. This includes Knob Creek Single Barrel, Booker’s, Elijah Craig Barrel Proof, and numerous other brands that fit this definition.

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