Old Forester's Birthday Bourbon Turns 11 — Palm Beach Will Send Someone to Wait in Line

Old Forester's annual "Unicorn" bottling, the birthday release collectors circle on the calendar every year, just marked its eleventh trip through the barrel. The 2026 batch carries that full eleven years of age and comes in at 97 proof, a notch hotter than the brand's everyday pours. A number like that on the label tends not to sit on a Florida shelf for long. Naples collectors will hear about it first and act like they didn't rush. Palm Beach will simply have someone else do the standing in line. Miami will find a bar already pouring it before anyone says how.

With reporting from Robb Report.