Old Forester
Louisville, KY
Single Barrel Experience
Program running
Eligibility unconfirmed
Old Forester runs its picks out of the Whiskey Row distillery in Louisville, with Master Taster Jackie Zykan involved. You can visit in person, have samples shipped, or let her pick for you. One thing we couldn't settle: whether the public 6-guest tasting event and the full barrel-purchase program are the same offering or two different ones. Treat pricing reported elsewhere as unconfirmed until that's clear.1
What's confirmed
| Minimum commitment | A whole barrel. Trade sources report the 100-proof option yields about 200 bottles, and the barrel-strength, unfiltered option yields about 160 bottles.1,2Bottle counts are trade-reported, not confirmed on oldforester.com. |
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| Rough cost | Trade sources report the 100-proof option runs about $50 a bottle, and the barrel-strength, unfiltered option runs about $80 a bottle.2Per-bottle prices are trade-reported, not confirmed on oldforester.com. |
| Lead time | ConfirmingWe're verifying this directly. |
| Tasting | Three ways to taste: visit the distillery in person with Master Taster Jackie Zykan, have samples shipped to choose remotely, or let the Master Taster select for you.1 |
| Who can buy | ConfirmingWe're verifying this directly. |
| Contact | The oldforester.com Single Barrel Experience page has a Learn More link for full program details.1 |
What we're still confirming
- Confirm whether the tasting-panel event and the full private-barrel-purchase program are the same offering.
- Confirm official cost and lead time.
- Confirm eligibility, retailers only vs. open to groups.