Old Mock 1916 A Ph Stitzel 18 Year Old Pint / Prohibition Era Bottling

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Old Mock 1916 A Ph Stitzel 18 Year Old Pint / Prohibition Era Bottling
Old Mock 1916 A Ph Stitzel 18 Year Old Pint / Prohibition Era Bottling
Old Mock 1916 A Ph Stitzel 18 Year Old Pint / Prohibition Era Bottling

Old Mock 1916 A Ph Stitzel 18 Year Old Pint / Prohibition Era Bottling

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Old Mock 1916 A Ph Stitzel 18 Year Old Pint / Prohibition Era Bottling

A fantastic old Prohibition era bottling of Kentucky straight bourbon whisky. Although the Volstead Act of 1919 had banned the production and sale of alcohol throughout the US, a certain number of distilling companies were permitted to continue bottling existing stock, mostly for medicinal use, but also for weekly baking rations.

One such company was A. Ph. Stitzel Inc, who procured this particular barrel from the Davies County Distillery (registered distillery 2 in the 2nd district of KY). This distillery was one of the majority that were forced to close after prohibition was enacted. Records show that most of their stock was purchased by the American Medicinal Spirits Company, but some reached smaller companies like A. Ph. Stitzel as well, who bottled this using their Old Mock  brand.

A. Ph. Stitzel survived Prohibition, and was one of the few to emerge with a functioning distillery, refinancing themselves after the difficult 13 dry years by contract distilling for other companies as well, including the juggernaut Schenley corporation. They would of course would go on to merge with Julian 'Pappy' Van Winkle's W.L. Weller company to create the legendary Stitzel-Weller. The "18 Summers Old " phrase on this label was a persistent motif on Stitzel-Weller bottlings too, and can also be seen on some modern Van Winkle bottlings.

Bottled in 1933, shortly before repeal, this includes the standard "medicinal purposes" only label, guaranteeing a pre-January 1920 distillation date


100 Proof

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