quote [ In 1870, George Garvin Brown created a revolutionary new product: Old Forester Bourbon. Amazingly enough, it was the first bourbon to come from the distillery in a sealed glass bottle—up until that point, bourbon was sold to stores and bars by the barrel. (Drinkers could enjoy it by the glass or take it home in a reusable decanter.) Brown’s business would later become Brown-Forman, one of the most historic American-owned whisky companies around today. ]