- BrandOld Overholt
- TypeWhiskey
- Size1 Pint
- SKU 210000022592
Old Overholt Prohibition Whiskey 1915 Bottled in Bond 14 Year Old One Pint
The Old Overholt brand is a legend in the world of American whisky, established all the way back 1810. This bottle was distilled over 100 years later (and over 100 years ago!) in 1915 at West Overton distillery in Pennsylvania. The Rye whisky was then bonded at the distillery, where it was stored and, thankfully, protected from the Prohibition Act of 1920 which banned all production and consumption of the alcohol in the US for the next 13 years.
As it turns out, Overholt distillery owner, Andrew Mellon was a close friend of Warren G. Harding, then secretary of the Treasury, a connection that provided him with a license to continue selling "medicinal" whiskey during Prohibition. This whiskey was bottled in bond at the distillery warehouses in 1929.
Old Overholt still exists today, produced alongside Old Grand-dad by Jim Beam, who acquired both of 'The Olds' from National Distillers in 1987.