This helps support Bottle Raiders at no additional cost to you. This post may contain affiliate links, so we may earn a small commission when you make a purchase through links on our site. If you’re interested in getting a shot of whiskey in your morning email, sign up for our Daily Dram Gram! We are the only media property reviewing whiskeys and aggregating the scores and reviews of other significant voices in the whiskey world in one place. Here at Whiskey Raiders, we do more than write about current events in whiskey. Taste: Brown sugar, marzipan, vanilla and honey sweeten a mix of berry fruit.įinish: Long notes of honey and vanilla linger with a touch of fruit. fire on the bottling line forced the distillery to store bourbon. Nose: Sweet notes of honey comb, malt and marzipan mingle with delicate cedar and fresh oak notes atop cherries laced with vanilla cream. The Old Forester Whiskey Row Fire release is the newest addition to the Old Forester 117 Series. Old Foresters superb Whiskey Row series of historically inspired bourbons.

Old Forester 117 Series - Whiskey Row Fire Tasting Notes The 117 Series is a limited-expression lineup that debuted in Spring 2021. Old Forester also announced it is donating to the Louisville Fire Department to help firefighters who are in distress. On Thursday, Frederick and Louisville Fire Department members toured the Old Forester Distillery. The remainder of the barrels filled that day were aged an additional two years and are now batched together to create the 117 Series – Fireman Barrels. Proceeds were donated to the Louisville Firefighter Disaster Fund. In 2020, men and women of Louisville Fire, many of whom fought the blaze, selected eight single barrels from a lot filled on the day of the fire. Old Forester Whiskey Row Fire is bottled at 100 proof and is available at the retail shop at Old Forester Distilling Co. The block is now home to restaurants, bars a hotel and more and has become a tourist destination. Teams of Louisville first responders were able to contain and extinguish the fire. “We are extremely proud of our brave firefighters who risked their lives and saved the block.” “I remember that day and that fire vividly,” Louisville Fire Chief Greg Frederick said in a news release.

The bottle honors the seventh anniversary of the fire on Louisville’s Whiskey Row that nearly destroyed the historic block, which is home to the Old Forester Distillery. on Thursday announced the latest addition to its 117 Series: Whiskey Row Fire. And since we know these barrels were originally pulled to be in the single barrel program, we have to. Complicating matters, there was a vat of mature whisky waiting to be bottled. In October 1910, a fire caused the bottling line to be shut down for an indefinite period of time. Since it’s an Old Forester product, the bourbon used here is the same 72 corn, 18 rye, 10 malted barley recipe that you’d find in their other products (Whiskey Row Series 1924 notwithstanding). Like others in the series, 1910 Old Fine Whisky represents a specific point in Old Forester’s nearly 150-year-old history. (Photo: Brown-Forman)īrown-Forman-owned Old Forester Distilling Co. The 117 Series: High Angels’ Share specs. Old Forester has unveiled the latest addition to its 117 series: Old Forester 117 Series - Whiskey Row Fire.

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