Their various roles in the liquor market helped make Kentucky the leading producer of distilled spirits.” According to the Kentucky Historical Society the area, “became so populated with whiskey firms by the 1840s that it was dubbed “Whiskey Row.” There, distilleries, warehouses, sales agents, and distributors all operated. Whiskey Row sits on Main Street in downtown Louisville, Kentucky about a block from the Ohio River. What is ‘Whiskey Row’ on Main Street in Louisville, Kentucky? Online sales started earlier that day and the entire supply was sold out in a mere 23 minutes. Is it hard to get? Yes, people were lining up down the street and around the corner on the day it came out. with a suggested retail price of $59.99 for a 375mL bottle in limited quantities. It is available now at the retail shop at Old Forester Distilling Co. Old Forester Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whisky Series 117 – Whiskey Row Fire Bourbon is bottled at 100 proof (50% ABV). Here are the tasting notes provided by Old Forester.Īroma: Sweet notes of honey comb, malt and marzipan mingle with delicate cedar and fresh oak notes atop cherries laced with vanilla cream.įlavor: Brown sugar, marzipan, vanilla and honey sweeten a mix of berry fruit.įinish: Long notes of honey and vanilla linger with a touch of fruit. This year’s release of Old Forester Whiskey Row Fire is bottled at 100 proof. The 117 Series offers a deep dive, or deconstruction, on how either the individual Old Forester Whiskey Row Series expressions are crafted or highlights other historical moments of Old Forester’s history on Whiskey Row. Main Street and to the many years Brown-Forman has been located at this address on Whiskey Row. This product line from one of America’s oldest distillers pays homage to their recently completed distillery at 117 W. The 117 Series is a limited-expression lineup that debuted in Spring 2021. Old Forester 117 Series – Whiskey Row Fire Bourbon Tasting Notes Stay Informed: Sign up here for the Distillery Trail free email newsletter and be the first to get all the latest news, trends, job listings and events in your inbox. Old Forester is making a charity donation from the sales of the Whiskey Row Fire Bourbon to the Louisville Fire Department to help firefighters who are in distress. The remainder of the barrels filled that day slumbered an additional two years in the warehouse and are now batched together to create the 117 Series – Fireman Barrels.įrederick and Louisville Fire Department members were at the distillery for the release of this year’s 117 Series Fireman Barrels. All eight barrels sold out in two days and proceeds were donated to the Louisville Firefighter Disaster Fund. In 2020, men and women of Louisville Fire, many of whom fought the blaze, selected eight single barrels from a lot filled the same day they extinguished the fire. We couldn’t find anything, they were dry. We pulled the manhole covers on Washington Street because we thought well maybe it went into the storm system. We were like where the heck did all the water go. So, I would assume the basement is going to be full of water. The structure that today is Old Forester Distillery received some water and smoke damage but was saved from the actual fire itself.įrederick added, “The biggest thing that was a mystery was on the day that we were fighting the fire, we were flowing probably 10,000-15,000 gallons of water per minute. Fortunately for everyone that was involved from nearby businesses and firefighters there were no injuries reported during the blaze. The massive fire on Jlasted for several hours but was eventually extinguished, although hotspots continued to pop up that evening and into the next day on July 7th. The fire started in the basement and then there were acetylene tanks down there that exploded when my guys were in it.” This was so complex because it was several buildings that were together. That ominous call quickly escalated to a 4-alarm fire requiring the service of seven trucks, 13 engines and about 90 firefighters.įire Chief Colonel Greg Frederick said, “From a complexity standpoint it was probably one of the top fires we’ve ever had. July 2015: Four Alarm Fire Strikes ‘Whiskey Row’ By the time they got to Whiskey Row the fire was consuming multiple buildings between Main Street and Washington Street. Louisville Fire Department logs show the first official call was at 16:31 hours. Within an hour after the crews wrapped up work cutting out old cast iron pipes with acetylene torches, the first calls of smoke starting coming in. The thermometer hit a high of 88° that day, pretty normal for a summer day in the Bluegrass state. The construction crews working to revitalize ‘Whiskey Row’ on Main Street in Louisville, Kentucky had just wrapped up their day.
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