This Year's Old Forester Birthday Bourbon Actually Earns Its Spot on the Bar

Old Forester's Birthday Bourbon returns each year as one of the most anticipated releases on any serious whiskey list, and by most accounts the hype hasn't always matched the pour. This year, it reportedly does: the annual bottling is being called better than the usual vintage, the rare case where the release lives up to its own reputation. For the steakhouse and hotel bars in Nashville that build a night around a good bourbon list, that's the detail worth knowing before the bottle disappears.

With reporting from Robb Report Dining.