This bottling of a Kentucky Bourbon is one of the last from the Henry McKenna distillery, bottled probably in 1975. The whisky is a Sour Mash Bourbon and was aged for 6 years in American oak barrels.
The ceramic bottle holds half a gallon of whiskey, the level seems to be about 80%, the total weight is 3kg. The bottle comes with a pourer in its original packaging.
Henry McKenna Distillery was a distillery in Fairfield, Nelson County, Kentucky. It traces its origins to Henry McKenna, an Irish immigrant who began distilling whiskey in 1855 and made a name for himself. The distillery, built soon after, was closed during Prohibition and sold to Seagram in 1941, who closed it in 1976. The brand was taken over by Heaven Hill in the 1980s, but today's whiskey has nothing to do with the old product.
Whiskey production in the United States is dominated by about a dozen large distilleries, so that almost all whiskey sold comes from a single distillery, and blended whiskey is almost non-existent as a mixture of the whiskey of several distilleries.
The terms single barrel for whiskey from a single cask and small batch for whiskey from a relatively small number of casks have become established as distinguishing features.
This bottling of a Kentucky Bourbon is one of the last from the Henry McKenna distillery, bottled probably in 1975. The whisky is a Sour Mash Bourbon and was aged for 6 years in American oak barrels.
The ceramic bottle holds half a gallon of whiskey, the level seems to be about 80%, the total weight is 3kg. The bottle comes with a pourer in its original packaging.
Henry McKenna Distillery was a distillery in Fairfield, Nelson County, Kentucky. It traces its origins to Henry McKenna, an Irish immigrant who began distilling whiskey in 1855 and made a name for himself. The distillery, built soon after, was closed during Prohibition and sold to Seagram in 1941, who closed it in 1976. The brand was taken over by Heaven Hill in the 1980s, but today's whiskey has nothing to do with the old product.
Whiskey production in the United States is dominated by about a dozen large distilleries, so that almost all whiskey sold comes from a single distillery, and blended whiskey is almost non-existent as a mixture of the whiskey of several distilleries.
The terms single barrel for whiskey from a single cask and small batch for whiskey from a relatively small number of casks have become established as distinguishing features.
