Old Forester 86 Proof Bourbon Whiskey

Old Forester was the first bourbon sold exclusively in sealed glass bottles — George Garvin Brown's 1870 guarantee against adulterated whiskey — and it's the only bourbon continuously made by the same family before, during, and after Prohibition. Brown-Forman still makes it in Louisville from the same 72% corn, 18% rye, 10% malted barley mashbill, fermented with a yeast strain kept since the 1920s, distilled at Shively, aged in barrels Brown-Forman coopers itself in the only distillery-owned cooperage in the business, and bottled at 86 proof. Expect the Old Forester signature — a nose of caramel, banana, and baking spice from the high-rye recipe and the house yeast, a medium-bodied palate of vanilla, toffee, and rye pepper with a hint of dark fruit, and a clean, spiced finish. Honest note: this is the everyday bottle bartenders reach for because the rye gives it a spine most 86-proof bourbons lack — the classic Old Fashioned and Mint Julep base, and a sipper that punches above its shelf price; the 100 proof is where it gets serious. In an Old Fashioned, a Julep, or on a cube. Old Forester, since 1870.

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