Old Grand-Dad 100 Proof 1917 (1 Bottle 1 Pint)

Old Grand-Dad 100 Proof 1917

Distilled in the Fall of 1917, bottled in the Fall (amended from Spring) of 1932, produced by Richard E. Wathen, tax strip very worn, front and back label soiled, scuffed and worn, original carton worn, damaged and missing top

Basil Hayden, nicknamed Old Grand-Dad, ranked among the earliest commercial whiskey distillers in Kentucky, and the bourbon that bears his likeness has carried down through the ages. Hayden’s descendants honored him by establishing the Old Grand-Dad Distillery in Hobbs Station, Kentucky after the Civil War. R.E. Wathen, scion of a different bourbon dynasty, bought the distillery in 1899, and over the next two decades turned out prized bourbons – including this bottle. Distilled in 1917 and released in 1932, the final year of Prohibition.

1 bottle pint (original carton)

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