Old Overholt whiskey goes back all the way to 1810, when a German Mennonite farmer, Abraham Oberholtzer (eventually Anglicized to "Overholt"), founded his distillery in western Pennsylvania, ...

Jim Beam’s Old Overholt Just Released a Premium New Cask-Strength Rye Whiskey The 2024 release is a year old older than last year's, but lower in proof. Published on October 7, 2024 ...

Sother Teague is a spirits guru. The professional bartender is the beverage director of Amor y Amargo, an award-winning bitters-focused bar in New York, and author of I'm Just Here for the Drinks ...

A few years ago, Old Overholt got a complete refresh, raising the age from three to four years old and the proof from 80 to 86, both welcome improvements on the whiskey. Meanwhile, this new ...

Suffice to say, the version of Old Overholt that Beam has been making for years is a pretty standard Kentucky-style rye, but it didn’t really reflect the history of the “Old Overholt” brand.

Food & Wine / Old Overholt. Old Overholt is a favorite among bar pros. Its quality-to-price ratio is terrific, and it works beautifully in a wide range of classic cocktails.

When Kurt Hernon, owner of Speak of the Devil, 201 W. Fifth St. in downtown Lorain, opened shop six years ago, he said there only was one choice for the bar’s go-to rye whiskey: Old Overholt.

Old Overholt started out as a Pennsylvania rye whiskey, but the brand has been owned by Jim Beam—now known as the James B. Beam Distilling Co.—since 1987 (it’s said to be the oldest ...