Old Forester 150th Anniversary Batch Proof Bourbon Whiskey

The 150th Anniversary is 150 barrels set aside for Old Forester's sesquicentennial in 2020 and bottled at batch proof in three batches — this is Batch 02 at 125.6 proof, a one-time release that's a collector's object now. Old Forester was the first bourbon sold exclusively in sealed glass bottles, George Garvin Brown's 1870 guarantee, and the only bourbon continuously made by the same family through Prohibition; for the 150th, master taster Jackie Zykan and master distiller Chris Morris pulled 150 barrels of the house 72% corn, 18% rye, 10% malted barley bourbon, lost three to the angels, and split the rest into three batches honoring Brown's batching process — each uncut, unfiltered, at its own proof: Batch 01 at 126.4, Batch 02 at 125.6, Batch 03 at 126.8. Breaking Bourbon on the series: caramel, burnt oak, and bananas Foster on a potent nose; dark chocolate, rye spice, brown sugar, black pepper, and heat on the palate; and a rush of spice into cocoa, caramel, leather, and a dry, slightly tannic finish. Paste tasted all three and found Batch 02 the roundest and most caramel-driven; Bourbon & Banter and The Whiskey Wash both call it the best barrel-proof Old Forester ever bottled. Honest note: a sealed 150th is a collector's bottle — the anniversary release of the oldest continuously bottled bourbon brand in America, and the only cask-strength Old Forester outside the annual Birthday Bourbon. Neat, with water, on an occasion. Old Forester, 150 years, Batch 02.

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