Buy Old Forester 1897 750ml — Bottled in Bond Bourbon
$90.00
Buy Old Forester 1897 750ml, the Bottled-in-Bond entry in the brand’s Whiskey Row Series, honoring the year founder George Garvin Brown’s original bourbon earned Bottled-in-Bond status. Bottled at a legally fixed 100 proof, it delivers a dense, high-rye profile of dark caramel, baking spice, and dried fruit with real weight behind it. Consistently in stock and priced well below allocated peers at this proof point. Add it to your cart today.
Description
Buy Old Forester 1897 750ml — Bottled in Bond Bourbon
LONG TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION & TASTING PROFILE
Buy Old Forester 1897 750ml and you’re holding a direct callback to one of the earliest Bottled-in-Bond bourbons on record, released as part of Old Forester’s four-bottle Whiskey Row Series that traces the brand’s history through key addresses and dates on Louisville’s historic Whiskey Row.
The Profile
- Producer: Old Forester Distillery (Brown-Forman)
- Region: Louisville, Kentucky, USA
- Spirit Type: Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey (Bottled-in-Bond)
- Proof/ABV: 100 Proof (50% ABV) — fixed by Bottled-in-Bond law
- Age Statement: No stated age (minimum 4 years per Bottled-in-Bond law)
- Mash Bill: 72% corn, 18% rye, 10% malted barley — a notably high-rye recipe relative to most Kentucky bourbons
Sensory Tasting Notes
The Nose
Dark caramel and clove up front, with a distinct rye spice edge and a base note of vanilla and toasted oak.
The Palate
Full-bodied and structured, carrying baking spice, dried cherry, and brown butter over a firm oak backbone; the high-rye mash bill drives noticeably more spice than typical low-rye Kentucky bourbons.
The Finish
Long and warm, closing on black pepper, dark chocolate, and lingering oak char that holds well past the pour.
The Heritage
Old Forester was the first bourbon sold exclusively in sealed glass bottles in 1870, a response to rampant tampering and adulteration in the whiskey trade, and the original bourbon earned its Bottled-in-Bond certification in 1897 — the year this expression honors. As the only bourbon brand to have been in continuous production before, during, and after Prohibition (via a medicinal whiskey permit), Old Forester carries a provenance claim few competitors can match, and the high-rye mash bill gives this particular release a spicier signature than the brand’s standard 86 proof offering.
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