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A.H. Hirsch Reserve 15 Year Old 95.6 Proof 1974 (1 BT 75cl)

Green Glass - Gold Wax, 1989 Release

Auction Closed

December 10, 12:27 AM GMT

Estimate

5,000 - 7,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

A.H. Hirsch Reserve 15 Year Old 95.6 Proof 1974


Green glass, gold wax, 1989 release, distilled, April 24, 1974, bottled September 16, 1989, ullage: top shoulder


This bottle ranks among the rarest bourbons ever produced. Its story began in 1974, when a Pennsylvania liquor executive named Adolph H. Hirsch ordered a run of bourbon from the Pennco Distillery, near Philadelphia. He later sold it to a Kentucky liquor retailer named Gordon Hue, who had it bottled by Julian Van Winkle III at his Old Commonwealth Distillery. They began in 1989 with 15-year-old whiskey, sealed in gold wax, making this bottle one of the very first released in what would become the most legendary runs of American whiskey ever.


1 bt 75cl (nop)


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