List of products by brand Old Forester

The brand's founder, George Garvin Brown, moved to Louisville in 1863 for high school and eventually became a pharmaceutical salesman. And it was this particular job that led him to create Old Forester in 1870. He named it after Dr. William Forrester. To ensure consistency, George batched bourbon from three nearby distilleries: Mattingly, Mellwood and Atherton. He sealed his whiskey exclusively in glass bottles and signed each bottle as a personal guarantee of its quality.

In 1897, in order to comply with the regulations specified by the American Bottled in Bond Act of 1897, Old Forester increased the spirit grades from 90 proof to 100 proof. The law also required bourbon to come from one distillery and one distilling season, so George Garvin Brown purchased the Mattingly Distillery in 1901.

Old Forester was one of the few companies allowed to sell and produce whiskey during Prohibition in the 1920s. This is the only bourbon that was sold before, during, and after Prohibition.

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