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Old Forester 1920 Prohibition Style

in Bottles I Reach For by Lena Carver

Old Forester 1920 Prohibition Style on “Bottles I Reach For”, a list by Lena Carver on TheLysts.

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Style
High-proof Kentucky straight bourbon
Distillery
Old Forester (Brown-Forman)
ABV
57.5% (115 proof)
Age statement
No age statement
Approx price (USD)
$60–$70; worth every percentage point of ABV
Best for
Power sips, dense cocktails, and nights where subtlety is overrated
Flavor notes
Dark chocolate, brown sugar, roasted nuts, charred oak, big baking spice
My take
This is the stout of my bourbon lineup: dense, chewy, and absolutely not for when you have a 9 a.m. meeting and a conscience.