Repeal Bourbon Commemorates Prohibition’s End
Malt Advocate’s John Hansell reports that Old Forester will release Repeal Bourbon, this fall, to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the end of Prohibition in the US.
Repeal is a new expression, which Hansell’s post quotes master blender Chris Morris as describing thus: “it is an Old Forester that has more of a robust aged character that is similar to the Old Forester that was bottled during prohibition.” Repeal will be 100-proof, and though the label will make no age claim, Hansell quotes company officials as saying that the whiskey comes from 10-year-old stocks.
Repeal will be packaged in a 375 ml. bottle, similar in size to the pint bottles that were legally produced for “medicinal” purposes between 1919 and 1933, when most alcohol sales were illegal in the US. The Repeal package also includes a parchment scroll of the 21st Amendment to the US Constitution, which ended Prohibition, a snifter, and an Old Forester pen.
Old Forester lays claim to the title of first bottled bourbon brand. The distillery, which is a part of Brown-Foreman, opened its doors in 1970.
It would be nice if, when a new product is put into the market, the article on thespiritworld could offer some critical discussion and personal opinion of the author, instead of merely reeling off the manufacturer’s marketing material…