Looking for Old Forester Birthday Bourbon? Here's how to enter the national sweepstakes
Old Forester Distillery is getting ready to release its most coveted expression, Birthday Bourbon. Old Forester releases the limited-edition, vintage-dated bottle each Sept. 2 to celebrate the birthday of the brand’s founder, George Garvin Brown.
This year the bourbon is 12 years old and 107 proof and consumers can earn the opportunity to purchase this rare bottle via a national sweepstakes.
“There’s no better way to celebrate our founder and longstanding history than by getting our rarest expression in the hands of bourbon lovers across the country,” Master Taster Melissa Rift said in a news release.
Old Forester Birthday Bourbon will be available through an online sweepstakes running on OldForester.com through Aug. 21. Anyone winning the opportunity to purchase a bottle through the sweepstakes must purchase and pick it up at the Old Forester Distillery at 119 W. Main St., in Louisville between Sept. 5 and Dec. 14.
Each bottle of Old Forester Birthday Bourbon will retail for a suggested $199.99. Limit one per customer and credit card only.
The annual release of Birthday Bourbon is sold at retailers nationwide. Birthday Bourbon will not be sold at the distillery on Sept. 2.
Taste notes:
Nose: A bright fruit medley with accents of apricot and apple are complemented by rich spice cake and buttercream icing with undertones of sweet tobacco and warm oak
Taste: Juicy fruits jump out on the front of the palate with toasted oak and warm cinnamon spice rounding out the flavor to follow
Finish: hints of caramel apple lead the finish with a long and flavorful mix of sweet tobacco, ground cinnamon, and cacao
For more information on how to enter the sweepstakes and official rules and regulations, please visit, oldforester.com/birthday-bourbon-sweepstakes.
Reach Features news clerk Gege Reed at greed@courier-journal.com.
This article originally appeared on Louisville Courier Journal: Where to find Old Forester Birthday Bourbon in 2024
