Kentucky Tavern 1917 15 Year Old

A very very popular label throughout the 20th century, Kentucky Tavern was the flagship brand from Glenmore distillers out of Owensboro. Glenmore would grow into a thriving business throughout the 1900s, with its founder, James Thompson, emigrating from Ireland to the US in 1871. He originally started work with the precursor firm to Brown-Forman, before eventually acquiring the Monarch distillery in 1901 and renaming it Glenmore. Thompson made his brother-in-law, H.S. Barton the the master distiller of Glenmore and they produced their whiskey even through prohibition, being one of just six granted a license. In 1944 the firm acquired Yellowstone and built the brand alongside Kentucky Tavern to be some of the most highly praised premium bourbons of the era. Kentucky Tavern was typically bottled as an 8 year old product, so this 15 year bottling produced under the ownership of James Thompson and its first master distiller is exceptionally special!