Old Charter 8 Year Old Kentucky Straight Bourbon 1 Litre 1980s

Old Charter is a pre-Prohibition bourbon brands created by the Chapeze brothers in the late 19th century. At the close of Prohibition in 1933, the brand was bought by the Bernheim distillery, which later became part of the Schenley empire in 1937. Schenley were one of the "big four" distilling companies that emerged in the post-repeal landscape, alongside Seagram, National Distillers and Hiram Walker. Production of Old Charter remained at Bernheim for most of that century, and was considered one of the company's prize assets. In fact, it was initially Old Charter that original Age International bosses, Ferdie Falke and Bob Baranaskas, had attempted to buy from Schenley, who offered them George T. Stagg (now Buffalo Trace) instead. When Schenley were bought by United Distillers in 1987, their subsequent iteration (Diageo) eventually divested from bourbon and Old Charter was sold along with the Weller brand to the Sazerac Company.

This is a Schenley-era version of the brand, aged 8 years. It was distilled at Bernheim and bottled in the 1980s.