Old Grand Dad / 40% / 1.0l
- The Old Grand Dad brand was introduced in 1882 by Raymond B. Hayden, grandson of Basil Hayden (known to friends as Old Grand-Dad), who started distilling in Marion County, Kentucky in the late 18th Century.
Product description
Old Grand Dad Bourbon is an 1882 creation of Raymond B. Hayden. Raymond was the grandson of Basil Hayden, known to his friends as "Old Grand-Dad," who began distilling whiskey in Marion County, Kentucky in the late 1700s.
In 1899, the brand passed into the ownership of the Wathen family, and since 1987 it has belonged to Jim Beam Brands (now Beam Suntory) and is produced at Beam's distilleries in Clermont and Boston, Kentucky. While Jim Beam bourbons are distilled according to the formula of 75% corn, 15% rye and 10% malted barley, in the case of Old Grand-Dad the rye content is twice as high (30%) with a correspondingly lower corn content (60%). The same formula is used for the Basil Hayden brand.
Aroma : sweet and spicy, caramel, vanilla, cornflakes, wholemeal, notes of cloves, cinnamon and toasted oak.
Taste : lots of kitchen spices, pepper, nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves, rye toast with butter, vanilla, caramel and oak.
Finish : medium long and quite spicy, with notes of pepper, cinnamon, caramel, vanilla and oak.