A.H. Hirsch Reserve 1974 16 Year Old Bourbon Gold Wax

A.H. Hirsch Reserve 1974 16 Year Old Bourbon Gold Wax
A legendary bottle of bourbon that has had a whole book written about itself: The Best Bourbon You’ll Never Taste by Charles K Cowdery.
Distilled in Spring 1974, this bourbon is bottled from a single 400 barrel batch commissioned by Adolph Hirsch and distilled under contract at Michter’s distillery (then known as Pennco), just outside Schaefferstown, Pennsylvania. Hirsch was a former Schenley executive who had briefly worked at Michter’s during his time there, and it is believed he commissioned the whisky as financial favour to the distillery, and actually had little plans for its use. So, it lay ageing in the warehouses for much longer than generally expected for a bourbon at the time. Gordon Hue, who had maintained exclusive distribution rights to the Hirsch product despite the Van Winkle and Sazerac connections, eventually sold the brand to Preiss Imports who moved the subsequent and final bottling (technically re-bottling) to Kentucky Bourbon Distillers’ Willett facility.
In his book Cowdery refers to the bourbon as one of the “best whiskeys I’ve ever tasted.”
Mash bill contains 75% corn, 13% rye, and 12% malted barley.