This Cult-Favorite Bourbon Gets Its First High-Age Statement Release—and We Got a Taste

James B. Beam Distilling has released a 16-year Old Grand-Dad bourbon, the cult favorite brand’s oldest expression by a huge stretch. It’s the first high-age statement offering since Beam acquired OGD in 1987 from National Distillers, and the 100-proof bottle marks the start of a new era for the storied brand.

Old Grand-Dad has chugged along since 1882 with little fanfare, barely updating the label over the last century. Yet the high-rye bourbon has found generation after generation of dedicated fans.