Breaking Bourbon
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Bourbons: avg 3.2/5 · median 3.5/5 · range 1–4.5 · 405 rated
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Old Forester Straight Bourbon 1920
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Sources split on this one. Breaking Bourbon puts it in the top 17.6% of bourbon, The Bourbon Culture in the bottom 41.6%. Breaking Bourbon gives it 4/5, vs. 3/5 for the typical bourbon (357 rated). The Bourbon Culture gives it 7.7/10, vs. 7.8/10 for the typical bourbon (473 rated). Whiskybase drinkers give it 87.3 across 78 ratings, vs. 84.3 for the typical bourbon (51 rated).
Old Forester 1920 Prohibition Style is a Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey from the Whiskey Row Series, bottled at 115 proof (57.5% ABV) to evoke the robust, high-proof bourbons produced during Prohibition when Brown-Forman held one of the few permits to bottle whiskey for medicinal purposes.
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Control states post one official price per bottle (750 ml). These come from the published state price lists, so each number is the real shelf price statewide. As of October 12, 2026.
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