Woodford Reserve 1838 Sweet Mash Master's Collection 70cl / 43.2%

A bottle of Woodford Reserve 1838 Sweet Mash, released as part of the Master's Collection. This was produced in small batches without the addition of the 'sour' mash from previous fermentation (a standard practice in the industry).

Batch no. 4A.

Bottle no. 181 of 920.

The original Woodford Reserve distillery was founded by Elijah Pepper in 1797. The current site was built in 1838. It was sold to Leopold Labrot & James Graham in 1878, who owned it through Prohibition and into World War Two. After wartime restrictions bankrupted Labrot & Graham, the distillery was taken over by Brown-Forman.

The distillery then operated until 1968 when the distillery was mothballed and abandoned for decades. In 1993 Brown-Forman took the decision to install new pot stills and production resumed in 1994.

This Woodford Reserve 1838 Sweet Mash sold at our online auction for £135