Labrot & Graham 1838 Made 1936, Bottled 1940 - Brown Forman Incorporated 4.7cl

A miniature bottle of Labrot & Graham 1838 Kentucky straight bourbon whiskey. This was distilled by Labrot & Graham and bottled by Brown Forman Incorporated. The tax strip states this was made in Fall 1936 and bottled in bond in Fall 1940.

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 it was mothballed and abandoned for decades. In 1993 Brown-Forman took the decision to install new pot stills and production resumed in 1994.

This lot comes from the extensive collection of a Merseyside collector who began his hobby with bottles bought for guests as digestifs at private dinner parties in the early 1970s. His interest led to him advertising in the UK national newspapers, and buying and selling bottles as far afield as Australia, America and Ireland, with his last significant addition being a collection he purchased from Stoke On Trent in 1984.

This Labrot & Graham 1838 sold at our online auction for £105