It's Bourbon Heritage Month!! Today through September 30th we are running a sale on select bourbons and share their stories. From some of the oldest, most trusted brands like Old Forester, to newer brands like Brother's Bond, we want to share the heritage of these bourbons with you!!

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Horse Soldier

Days after 9/11, while many Americans were watching the news in a state of shock and horror, a team of 12 Green Berets took action. They covertly entered Afghanistan and began to wage war against the Taliban … on horseback.

It wasn’t until 48 hours before their insertion that the men were informed they would have to traverse the steep and treacherous landscape of Afghanistan on horses. It was the first of many aspects of this mission, code-named Task Force Dagger, that they would have to figure out as they went along.

Penelope

Penelope Bourbon was crafted and created in a classic American tradition – to celebrate an impending birth of a child. In 2018, Mike Paladini and his wife, Kerry, found out they were expecting a baby girl, Penelope. To commemorate this occasion, Mike quickly realized he wanted to create a spirit that embodied the daily joy of celebrating life’s pleasures – big and small.

Teaming up with his close childhood friend and neighbor, Danny Polise, they set out to discover and produce a Straight Bourbon Whiskey everyone could appreciate and enjoy. A company was born.

Today, Penelope Bourbon is sold in over 37 states nationwide and 4 countries. Proving that with enough love and care, and hard work, anything is possible.

Redwood Empire

 The Redwood Empire distillery is in the heart of the Russian River Valley wine region. It was carved out of the buildings originally housing an apple canning and processing plant owned by the Hallberg family, one of the area’s preeminent families during “West County’s” apple production heyday. The Hallbergs were known for producing a wide variety of apple products, mainly under the Redwood Empire label. Today, the facility and the climate make this the ideal place to make great whiskey, with plenty of relics on site to remind us of our ties to a rich agricultural history.

Peerless

 Peerless has a rich heritage in the distilling business that was lost for almost a century. Peerless Distillery was originally in Henderson, Kentucky. It was originally the Worsham Distilling Company and Peerless was their flagship brand. In 1889 Henry Kraver purchased the distillery and renamed it the Peerless Distillery. The distillery closed just before Prohibition and the brand was abandoned once the remaining stocks were sold as medicinal whiskey.

The story picks up in the 21st century. Corky Taylor had retired after a very successful career in the finance business. He remembered that his great grandfather was in the distilling business and decided he wanted to get the family back in the business. He partnered with his son, Carson Taylor, who was in the contracting business, and purchased an old tobacco warehouse in Louisville and rebuilt it as the Kentucky Peerless Distillery. He managed to get the old Peerless Distillery DSP number of DSP-KY-50 for the modern distillery and started making whiskey.

Bond & Lillard

Bond & Lillard was a trusted name in the pre-Prohibition whiskey industry. It was first distilled by John Bond in what was then called, Cedar Run, KY (now known as Anderson County), in 1820. A veteran of the American Revolutionary War, Bond moved his distilling operation closer to Lawrenceburg, KY after the war. In 1842, he left the company to his son and grandson, David and William. William would go on to form a partnership with his brother-in-law, C.C. Lillard in 1869, and they began labelling the product Bond & Lillard. The business stayed in their families until 1899 and was so revered that it won the Grand Prize at the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis.

Brother's Bond

Brother’s Bond Bourbon is a bourbon line dedicated to regenerative agriculture. It was created by actors Paul Wesley and Ian Somerhalder, who starred in “The Vampire Diaries,” which ran for eight years on the CW. The show was based on the books of the same name, which were written by Orange County author L.J. Smith. Wesley and Somerhalder played brothers Stefan and Damon Salvatore.
Inspired by their friendship on-screen and off-screen, the actors launched Brother’s Bond Bourbon, an award-winning bourbon whose proceeds go to regenerative agriculture and reversing climate change. Their cause is paramount in aiding the devastated ecosystem of our marine creatures.

George Dickel

Born 40 years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence, George A. Dickel was an established Nashville merchant when he entered the whisky business. Dickel grew his reputation for selling the smoothest, most mellow spirits in the region.

Thus, Geo. A. Dickel & Co. was born and when the Cascade Hollow Distillery opened in 1878 in neighboring Coffee County, George Dickel bought a large share.

Old Forester

 Founder, George Garvin Brown, was born September 2, 1846 in Munfordville, KY. In 1863 he moved to Louisville to attend high school, and eventually became a pharmaceutical salesman. And it was that particular line of work that led him to create the First Bottled Bourbon™, Old Forester, in 1870.

Accolades Include

FIRST BOTTLED BOURBON

FIRST DOUBLE BARRELED BOURBON

TODAY, OLD FORESTER REMAINS THE ONLY BOURBON CONTINUALLY SOLD BY THE SAME COMPANY BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER PROHIBITION

FIRST DISTILLERY TO CONVERT ENTIRE PRODUCTION TO INDUSTRIAL-GRADE ALCOHOL FOR THE WAR EFFORTS

FIRST SINGLE BARREL BOURBON IN THE INDUSTRY.

FIRST VINTAGE-DATED BOURBON IN THE INDUSTRY.