Old Forester
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Old Forester is a brand of Kentucky straight bourbon whisky produced by the Brown–Forman Corporation.[1] It has been on the market continuously for longer than any other bourbon (approximately 150 years as of 2020), and was the first bourbon sold exclusively in sealed bottles. It 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 (whose descendants still manage the company).[2] During the Prohibition period from 1920 to 1933, Brown–Forman received one of only six licenses authorizing lawful production (for medicinal purposes).[3]
Type | Bourbon whisky |
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Manufacturer | Brown–Forman |
Country of origin | Louisville, Kentucky, United States |
Alcohol by volume | 30.00% – 60.00% |
Proof (US) | 60–120 |
Old Forester is produced under the supervision of Master Distiller Chris Morris (as of 2006)[4] at the Brown–Forman distillery in Shively, Kentucky, (which is located directly adjacent to the pre-merger Southwest boundary of Louisville) and at Old Forester Distilling Co. (located in Downtown Louisville, KY on historic Whisky Row in the original building used from 1882 to 1919) using a mash bill of 72% corn (maize), 18% rye, and 10% malted barley[2] (the same mash bill used for Woodford Reserve[5]). Its mash bill has been described as "pretty standard"[2] and "richer in rye than most bourbons".[6]