Old Forester has released 117 Series with Prohibition Era Still Proof as a limited edition release honoring Repeal Day – the day [December 5] Prohibition ended in the USA in 1933. During Prohibition however, Old Forester was one of the few distilleries legally permitted to produce bourbon under the guise of so-called medicinal purposes. Old […]
Old Forester has unwrapped this year’s version of their highly coveted Birthday Bourbon series – and the 2025 Old Forester Birthday Bourbon is the first to use the sweet mash process – created without setback during fermentation, as that “…absence of setback allowed the yeast to express its full character”. Each year, Old Forester celebrates […]
Old Forester has released a new, limited-edition expression – Warehouse I – as the latest addition to their 117 series, featuring bourbons with experimental characteristics. Old Forester Warehouse 1 features an 11-year-old bourbon aged in barrels emerging from Old Forester’s Warehouse I, which were heat-cycled since 2013. Old Forester Warehouse I was bottled at 47.5% […]
Old Forester has released a Birthday Bourbon at their Old Forester distillery in Louisville, Kentucky and will be holding a national sweepstakes for the chance to purchase one of the bottles. Old Forester releases Birthday Bourbon every year on September 2 in honor of founder George Garvin Brown’s birthday [though bottles will not be available […]
Old Forester has unveiled a limited release from their experimental 117 Series dubbed Old Forester 117 Series: Rum Finish, which was placed in casks that had previously held rum for a minimum of four years, lending it notes of rich tropical fruit and coconut. Old Forester 117 Series: Rum Finish was finished in the aforementioned […]
Spirits giant, Brown-Forman, has released Up or Over – their new range of ready-to-pour cocktails made with some of the company’s most popular spirits – the Up or Over range has initially launched with four cocktails: Classic Dry Martini, Whisky Sour, Premium Margarita and Ginger Citrus Old Fashioned. The Whisky Sour was bottled at 15% […]
Brown-Forman-owned Old Forester has become even older with their release of 1910 Extra Old – a limited edition bourbon whiskey that is the third addition to their 117 series. Old Forester 1910 Extra Old was matured in a heavily charred secondary barrel for 18 months, bottled at 46.5% alcohol by volume [93 proof] and is […]
Old Forester was founded by George Garvin Brown in 1870 and to celebrate their upcoming birthday, they will release three batches of a limited edition bourbon to celebrate that anniversary. The first batch of Old Forester’s anniversary limited edition bourbon is bottled at 62.8% alcohol by volume [125.6 proof] and is said to contain to […]