Tag: George Garvin Brown

Happy Birthday, George!

Happy Birthday to George Garvin Brown. The founder of Brown-Forman Corp. and Old Forester, the first bourbon to be sold only in bottles, was born Sept. 2, 1846. In his honor, Brown-Forman has released a limited-edition Old Forester Birthday Bourbon every year…

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George’s Louisville

Louisville’s Hometown Heroes program honored Brown-Forman founder George Garvin Brown on Tuesday, Sept. 6, with the unveiling of this three-story mural at 122 W. Main St., in the heart of what was once Louisville’s Whiskey Row. Brown was the first distiller to bottle his…

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Happy Birthday, George!

Happy Birthday to George Garvin Brown. The founder of Old Forester Bourbon and Brown-Forman Corp. was born Sept. 2, 1846, and in his honor, Brown-Forman has released a limited-edition Old Forester Birthday Bourbon every year since 2002. Each of these bourbons…

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