Old Forester Statesman Bourbon Whiskey

Statesman is Old Forester's Kingsman bourbon — made for The Golden Circle, in which the Statesman are a Kentucky distillery fronting a spy agency — from barrels pulled from the warmest spots in the warehouse and bottled at 95 proof. 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 2017 film, Brown-Forman built Statesman from the house 72% corn, 18% rye, 10% malted barley bourbon, selecting casks from the hottest, highest floors of the Shively warehouses — where the heat cycles push the whiskey deepest into the char — and blending to 95 proof for what the label calls a balance of heat and spice. Expect a bolder Old Forester than the 86 or the 1870 — a nose of caramel, dark cherry, and oak with the banana note of the house yeast, a spicy, medium-full palate of toffee, rye pepper, and toasted wood, and a warm, lingering, spiced finish. Honest note: movie bourbons are usually gimmicks, and this one is real Old Forester from real hot-floor barrels at a proof that makes it a better Old Fashioned than the 86 — for the Kingsman fan and the drinker who wants a 1920-adjacent profile without the heat. Neat, on a cube, or in an Old Fashioned. Statesman, the Golden Circle.

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