The Old Forester distillery tour provides visitors and bourbon enthusiasts with an up-close look at our bourbon making process as we share with them a captivating story of entrepreneurship and achievement that characterizes Old Forester’s 148-year history. The distillery celebrates founder George Garvin Brown’s innovative spirit and his commitment to making the highest quality bourbon. Old Forester is the longest, continuously distilled bourbon produced before, during and after prohibition by the same family. Including fermentation, distilling, barrel making, aging, and bottling, the distillery will produce 100,000 cases of Old Forester annually.