In 1870, George Garvin Brown created Old Forester on the famous Whiskey Row in Louisville, KY.In honor of that historic year in bourbon history, we’ve created a tribute: Old Forester 1870 Original Batch, the first expression in the Old Forester Whiskey Row series.
1870 Original Batch echoes George Garvin Brown’s original batching process. Back then, Brown blended casks sourced from three distilleries to create a consistent flavour profile. To emulate that process today, we also select casks from three warehouses, each sourced from a different production day, with a different entry proof and age profile. The three Old Forester expressions are then pooled and minimally filtered to create Old Forester 1870 Original Batch.
