Dowling Bros 100 Proof 1916

Distilled in Spring 1916, bottled in Spring 1929, tax strip worn, original red plastic cap✱sule damaged but still adhered tightly to bottle, front label very lightly 💯worn, back label very lightly worn, original carton worn and includes original red paper strip seal

This is a f🎶ascinating piece of Prohibition-era history. The Dowling Brothers – Edward, John and Michael ♛– operated a distillery in rural Mercer County, Kentucky, where this whiskey was distilled in 1916. After the onset of Prohibition, distilleries like Dowling Bros. were not only barred from making or selling whiskey, but were forced to ship their existing barrels to one of the few distilleries allowed to continue selling whiskey for medicinal purposes, in this case A.Ph. Stitzel in Louisville (which would become Stitzel-Weller after Prohibition ended). There the whiskey remained in a warehouse, under tight government supervision, for nine Years, until it was bottled in 1929.

1 bottle pint (original carton)

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