Old Forester – 1897 Bottled in Bond (50%)

Old Forester 1897 Bottled in Bond is a bourbon made to mark the U.S. Bottled-in-Bond Act of 1897. It is bottled at 100 proof (50% abv). Bottled in Bond standards require the whisky to be aged for at least four years in a federally bonded warehouse. It must also be the product of one distillation season, one distiller and one distillery. The idea of 'sealed in quality' behind those rules was something Old Forester introduced in 1870, as America's first bottled bourbon.