Old Forester 1910 is the fourth and final expression of four in the Old Forester Whiskey Row Series. According to the bottle, in 1910, Owsley Brown crafted his own personal stock of Old Forester, Old Fine Whiskey, at 117 West Main Street on Louisville Whiskey Row. This bottle is barrel finished just like that exact process.
According to Brown-Forman “1910 Old Fine Whisky represents a specific point in Old Forester’s nearly 150-year-old history. In October 1910, a fire caused the bottling line to be shut down for an indefinite period of time. Complicating matters, there was a vat of mature whisky waiting to be bottled. Otherwise facing ruin, this whisky was instead stored in new, charred oak containers to rest until the line could be repaired.” This double barreling was the first such documented of its kind and led to it gaining the name Old Fine Whisky.
In order to produce 1910, standard Old Forester has undergone a second barreling in a lightly toasted, heavily charred barrel. “Mature Old Forester enters a second barrel at 100 proof, just as it did in 1910,” said Old Forester Master Taster Jackie Zykan. “The second barrel is charred nearly to the point of incineration.” I grabbed this info from Breaking Bourbon.
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Company: Brown-Foreman Corporation
Distillery: Old Forester
Location: Louisville, KY
Mash Bill: 72% corn/18% rye/10% barely
Age: NAS
ABV: 46.5% (93 proof)
Released: Limited.
Price: $55
Color: Dark Auburn
Nose: Caramel, brown sugar, brown sugar for days, Kris just keeps saying brown sugar over and over again, very fruity, cherry, lots of berries, apple.
Taste: Tastes pretty much how it smells, which is not always the case. Lots of brown sugar, apple, fruit.
Finish: Medium finish. Very apple-y finish, warm on your tongue.
Overall: It’s delicious, love the smell, love the taste. Keeping this short and sweet because what else is there to say when something tastes so yum. If you see it, buy it, it’s that simple. Who doesn’t like brown sugar?!?
Level: Medium
Rating: 4.5/5
