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Bourbon Thoughts: Old Forester 2016 Birthday Bourbon

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2016 Old Forester Birthday Bourbon

The 2016 Old Forester Birthday Bourbon is bottled from 93 barrels distilled on July 4th, 2004. The master distiller of Brown-Forman, Chris Morris, hand-picked the barrels with Old Forester brand representative Jackie Zykan.  Ultimately a little over 14,000 bottles were aged for 12 years and bottled at 48.5% abv.

The nose is very delicate with spicy and fruity notes.  The taste is quite fruity and pleasant with a balance drier finish.  Put it all together and it is a really well balanced, delicious bourbon.  If you can track down a bottle, I highly recommend it.

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