Photo libraries, in ascending order by bottling year

Old Taylor Medicinal Pint, Bonded 1916-1933

Photos courtesy of Glenn Riven

Posted in Old Taylor
Tags: 1933, american medicinal spirits, bottled in bond, bourbon, old taylor, prohibition

Old Stagg 18yr Medicinal Pint, 1915-1933

Photos courtesy of Eli Spitzner

Posted in Ancient Age - Buffalo Trace
Tags: 1933, medicinal, old stagg, prohibition

Waterfill and Frazier 17yr Bonded Medicinal Pint – 1916-1933

Distilled by the Davis Co Distillery #2 in the 2nd District of Kentucky.

A. Ph. Stitzel distributed this brand. The assumption would be that Julian “Pappy” Van Winkle Sr would have been a sales rep for the brand because it was produced before Van Winkle, Alex Farmsley, and Arthur Stitzel opened Stitzel Weller distillery in 1935.

Pictures and commentary courtesy of Bourbon Benevolence

Posted in Miscellaneous
Tags: 1933, bottled in bond, medicinal, prohibition

Old Stagg Special Reserve, 19yr Bonded Medicinal Pint, 1914-1933

This bottle was the flagship label for the Geo T Stagg distillery In Frankfort Kentucky that is now Buffalo Trace. This bottle is nearly identical to the 18 year Old Stagg posted here except it was barreled one year earlier. These bottles are prime examples of how much whiskey had to sit in barrels for long periods of time and how distilleries must have really struggled during Prohibition.

Also the embossed Stagg and corn inlays are very unique with these Prohibition and Pre-Pro Staggs.

Pictures and commentary courtesy of Bourbon Benevolence