Bender's Old Corn 8 Year Old Corn Whiskey
Bender's Old Corn 8 Year Old Corn Whiskey is a 90-proof (45% ABV) 100% corn whiskey aged eight years in charred oak barrels — a bourbon-style whiskey in everything but the mash bill's barley, blended in small batches of 2,000 bottles or fewer. Produced on San Francisco's Treasure Island, each batch goes through a two-stage distillation (column still, then copper-lined pot), landing closer to a wheated bourbon in character than to the rough corn whiskeys of memory: toasted wood, caramel, orange creamsicle, and a rich honeyed finish. It is available to order online at Del Mesa Liquor, San Diego, CA.
- ABV: 45% (90 proof)
- Size: 750mL
- Age: 8 years in charred oak barrels
- Mash: 100% corn; two-stage distillation — column still plus copper-lined pot still
- Production: small batches of 2,000 bottles or fewer; Treasure Island Distillery, San Francisco, CA (Bender's Whiskey Co.)
Corn Whiskey, Eight Years Patient
Corn whiskey is usually the young, fiery stuff — bottled clear or barely rested. Bender's went the other way: eight full years in charred oak, a two-stage distillation for polish, and blending in tiny batches so no barrel can hide. The result drinks like a wheated bourbon's laid-back cousin, all sweet corn and butterscotch rather than rye spice. It is a San Francisco Bay Area original — find it with the rest of Bender's and the American craft bottles in our bourbon and American whiskey collection.
Tasting Notes
Nose: sweet corn, orange creamsicle, vanilla, a hint of oak. Palate: butterscotch, oak spice, orange peel, toffee, toasted wood, caramel — layered and full. Finish: robust, warm, with baking spice, rancio, and a rich honeyed close.
How to Enjoy
Superb in an Old Fashioned, where the corn sweetness replaces simple syrup's job, or with ginger beer over ice. Neat, give it a few minutes in the glass — the orange-creamsicle aromatics bloom as it opens. More cocktail-worthy whiskeys live in the same collection.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is corn whiskey the same as bourbon?
Close cousins: bourbon must be at least 51% corn and aged in new charred oak; this is 100% corn, aged eight years in charred oak — a bourbon-style whiskey built entirely on corn.
What is the proof of Bender's Old Corn?
90 proof (45% ABV), bottled from small batches of 2,000 bottles or fewer.
Where is Bender's whiskey made?
On Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay, California, at the Treasure Island Distillery.
Eight years of patience in every pour — order Bender's Old Corn 8 Year online from Del Mesa Liquor in San Diego, CA.