James Thompson & Brother 42-Year Final Reserve Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey

Age: 42-Years proof Source: Glenmore Distilleries Bottle Count: 150 bottles Box Set: Bottle, sample bottle, glass, and a section of the barrel stave. The Story: In the early 1970’s Glenmore Distilleries was anticipating several anniversary events and thought it would be nice to have some really old Bourbon for commemorative bottling, so a few barrels of the oldest recipe were set aside to rest a while longer. Unexpected things happened and in 1991 the Guinness Company bought Glenmore and it became a small part of a very large and successful enterprise. By then the old bourbon distillery had been dismantled and its unique configuration was destroyed, marking the end of an era and the end of a product and its tradition. Still the selected barrels that had been set aside slept on for another two decades, its contents spending more time in.