That quickly gives way to oak and dark fruit (plums, cherries) on the mid palate, and then to black pepper and oak on the rear of the tongue. The Whiskey Row series includes the 1870 Original Batch, 1897 Bottled in Bond, and 1910 Old Fine Whisky. The three sources of Old Forester whiskey are mixed together to create Old Forester 1870 Original Batch Bourbon. ; January 22 – The United Mine Workers is founded. Old Forester 1910 is the fourth and final expression in the Whiskey Row series. Old Forester 1897 Bottled in Bond is crafted to honor a watershed moment in bourbon history – the U.S. Bottled-in-Bond Act of 1897.

Bourbon enthusiasts and bartenders today are seeking the genuine article. The Old Forester 1870 Original Batch bourbon mash bill is 72% corn, 18 rye and 10% barley with a #4 charred barrel and 125 entry proof, bottled at 45% ABV (90 proof). While most distilleries shuttered during Prohibition, Brown-Forman received a federal license to continue making Old Forester for medicinal purposes. Old Forester 1897 Bottled In Bond is the second expression in the Old Forester Whiskey Row Series. Old Forester 1920 Prohibition Style is part of Old Forester’s Whiskey Row series, focused on historic expressions from the brand’s history. A series of changes resulted in accountant George Forman joining the partnership, rechristened Brown-Forman in 1890. This expression follows the Bottled in Bond standards that whisky must be aged in a federally bonded warehouse for at least four years, the product of one distillation season, one distiller and from one distillery and bottled at 100 Proof.
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1870 Original Batch is also blended by Marianne Barnes, the protégé of Brown-Forman’s master distiller, Chris Morris. Events January–June. Nose: I picked up an initial hint of soft leather giving way to a pleasant balance of fruit lead by faint apple and cherry.. An oaky aroma is detected after a few whif Old Forester. Name: Old Forester 1920 Prohibition Style Bourbon Proof: 115 proof / 57.5% ABV Age: No Age Statement Year: 2016 How I Drank It: Sampled neat in a Glencairn Glass.The bourbon sat for a few minutes to allow the juice to open up. The Bourbon The bourbon itself is a beautiful dark cooper brown. This is the first in Brown-Forman’s new “Whiskey Row” series, which commemorates the founding of Old Forester Bourbon at 322 West Main Street, Louisville, KY in 1870. Sweet and hot at the same time, this comes in with a powerful first sip laden with brown sugar, graham cracker, and vanilla. January 1 – In Michigan, the wooden steamer Mackinaw burns in a fire on the Black River. Their tradition of specially selected barrels dates back to 1890, when Old Forester Founder George Garvin Brown chose a personalized bottling for then Governor of Kentucky Simon Bolivar Buckner. According to Old Forester, this small-batch bourbon is made in accordance with “production techniques of the 1897 time period” and has a “character reminiscent of a 19 th -century bourbon. Old Forester 1920, at 57.5%, is the highest proof expression in the series. First launched in 2014, the series consists of Old Forester 1870 Original Batch, Old Forester 1897 Bottled in Bond, and Old Forester 1920 Prohibition Style. 1870 Original Batch commemorates the founding by using similar batching techniques as used by …

Brown & Bros – the first ones to sell whisky in sealed glass bottles to assure its quality. Old Forester 1920 Prohibition Style bourbon (the subject of this review) joins two other previously released expressions in the series, 1897 Bottled in Bond and 1870 Original Batch. Old Forester 1870’s name refers to the year that Brown-Forman founder George Garvin Brown began batching whiskey from three different distilleries (Atherton in Bardstown, Mattingly in Marion and Mellwood in Louisville) to ensure a consistent product. Name: Old Forester 1920 Prohibition Style Bourbon Proof: 115 proof / 57.5% ABV Age: No Age Statement Year: 2016 How I Drank It: Sampled neat in a Glencairn Glass.The bourbon sat for a few minutes to allow the juice to open up.