The other day I picked up some old prohibition era whiskey to use for charity tastings. I picked up two Old Taylor bourbons that are only 10yo but that is because they were bottled in 1928. The interesting thing is that they bottles have the pre-1909 white label instead of the gold colored label. I picked a Henry Waterson bourbon. Watterson was editor of the Courier-Journal and a vocal opponent to prohibition. I picked up a 13yo Old Grand Dad quart. This could be a very interesting bourbon to taste. I do need to check the DSP numbers on the bourbons to see whose whiskey is actually in the bottle, but it will be great if this is real pre-prohibition distilled Old Grand Dad. My real prize purchase was some Old Forester distilled in 1916 and bottled in 1938 making it 22 yo Old Forester bottled-in-bond. once again, I need to check the DSP nuber to see who actually made this whiskey, but it will be interesting to taste.
The other people at the Bourbon's Bistro were making fun of my purchase since this was all done for charity tastings (with the possible exception of the Henry Watterson, I just want to taste that whiskey since I have never had any before) and I Believe Chuck (Chuckmick) stated I was "Saving the world one bourbon bottle at a time". I think I may make that my new motto.