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Old Forester Birthday Bourbon 2018

  • Distiller

    Brown-Forman

  • Bottler

    Brown-Forman

  • ABV

    50.5%

  • Age

    12 Years

  • Price $100 to $199.99

Old Forester Birthday Bourbon 2018 is made at the Brown-Forman distillery in Shively, Kentucky using a mash bill of 72% corn, 18% rye and 10% malted barley. This limited edition release was distilled on June 9, 2006 and aged 12 years before bottling at 101 proof. It carries a suggested retail price of $99.99, though secondary market prices have risen significantly.

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  • Raided Score: 85
  • Drinkhacker
  • By Christopher Null
  • The palate sees more popcorn, butterscotch, and ripe banana notes, with a growing barrel char character ratcheting up as it evolves in the glass. Again, it’s fairly typical of Old Forester, though the added proof adds ample heat.
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  • Raided Score: 92
  • The Whiskey Wash
  • By Aaron Knapp
  • Starting out as a rich, smoky vanilla scent, the mildly higher proof manifests itself quickly with a gruff punch of cinnamon and light orange-like fruitiness in the background. That then settles back into that smoky vanilla with a note of baked red apple making the bouquet even richer and sweeter than it began
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