Old Overholt is distilled by A. Overholt & Co, a subsidiary of Beam Global Spirits, at the Jim Beam distillery in Clermont, Kentucky, but originally in Broad Ford, Pennsylvania, 35 miles southeast of Pittsburgh. It is one of the few straight rye whiskies available at most liquor stores in the United States. The company claims to have been established in 1810, and the bottle states that at 80 proof (40% alcohol), this is a four year aged whiskey. ...
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Old Overholt is distilled by A. Overholt & Co, a subsidiary of Beam Global Spirits, at the Jim Beam distillery in Clermont, Kentucky, but originally in Broad Ford, Pennsylvania, 35 miles southeast of Pittsburgh. It is one of the few straight rye whiskies available at most liquor stores in the United States. The company claims to have been established in 1810, and the bottle states that at 80 proof (40% alcohol), this is a four year aged whiskey. The whiskey is named for Abraham Overholt, a distiller and grandfather of Henry Clay Frick.
While rye whiskey in general is not as easy to find as the more common Scotch or bourbon whiskies, Old Overholt is one of the three brands of rye likely to appear on American liquor store shelves (the others being Jim Beam yellow label and Wild Turkey green label).
Parodied in a Warner Brothers cartoon as "Old Overcoat".
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