Old Forester Statesman was released as a tie-in with the 2017 movie, Kingman: The Golden Circle but remains a regular release for Kentucky based Old Forester Distillery.
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The Old Forester Signature 100 Proof honors the legacy of founder George Garvin Brown, who put his signature on every bottle. And this bourbon is definitely one he would be proud to have his name on today. Today, Old Forester has been on the market continuously for longer than any other bourbon and was the first bourbon sold exclusively in sealed bottles. It was first bottled and marketed in 1870 by the former pharmaceutical salesman […]
Our Top 5 Liquors of 2023 continues… The bottled in bond act of 1897 changed the way bourbon would be made and put in place higher quality standards that revolutionized the bourbon industry. The Number 4 – Old Forester 1897 Bottled in Bond is our lowest proof bourbon on our year end list coming in a 100 proof (50% ABV). All the ingredients in a BiB bourbon are from one distilling season. The Old Forester 1897 Bottled in […]
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. According to the bottle, “Originally produced on Louisville’s Whiskey Row, this whiskey embraces the definition of the act introduced in 1897 which inspired higher quality standards.” What is Bottled in Bond? Bottled in bond is a label for American-made distilled beverages that have been aged and bottled in accordance with regulation laid […]
Old Forester has been on the market continuously for longer than any other bourbon and was the first bourbon sold exclusively in sealed bottles. The brand was first bottled and marketed in 1870 by the former pharmaceutical salesman turned bourbon-merchant George Garvin Brown — the founder of the Brown–Forman Corporation. During Prohibition period from 1920 to 1933, Brown–Forman received one of only six licenses authorizing lawful production for medicinal purposes. Today the company is still managed by his […]