Old Forester
Old Forester
46.5%
NAS
Released in July 2025, this is an extra-aged version of Old Forester's standard 1910 bourbon, which is double-oaked. This "extra extra" edition spends a whopping 24 months finishing in a second new oak cask. This bourbon has a suggested retail price of $64.99 per 375-milliliter bottle. It's available at the Old Forester Distillery, at select Kentucky retailers and for shipping to customers in Washington D.C., Kentucky, Nebraska, New Hampshire and North Dakota.
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This bourbon is deep and sweet on the nose — so fragrant and powerfully sweet I might mistake it for a cask-finished bourbon (cognac, perhaps) — with notes of cola, vanilla, caramel, Luxardo cherry, sweet corn, sassafras and some baking spice.
Old Forester Extra Extra Old has a moderate mouthfeel and a sweet, delectable flavor profile built around an oaky spine, with some flecks of rye spice. Cornbread, cherry, banana peel, milk chocolate, gingerbread and cinnamon.
The finish kicks off with a spiced coffee note — think a latte topped with cinnamon dusting — and then transitions into a sweeter profile with maple candied pecans.
A well balanced, lovely, flavorful bourbon. While I wouldn't mind having it bottled at a higher proof, it's packed with flavor and works very well as is.
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Disclosure: The producer provided this sample to review free of charge, and without expectation of review or rating.
