Oct. 2, 2025

Old Overholt 80 proof and Cornell and Diehl Gentleman Caller!

Send us a text Interesting things about the distillery:Said to be America's oldest continually maintained brand of whiskey, it was founded in West Overton, Pennsylvania, in 1810.Old Overholt is a rye whiskey distilled by A. Overholt & Co., currently a subsidiary of Beam Suntory, which is a subsidiary of Suntory Holdings of Osaka, Japan. It is currently distilled at the Jim Beam distillery in Clermont, KYHenry Oberholzer (Anglicized to “Overholt”), a German Mennonite farmer, moved to ...

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Interesting things about the distillery:
- Said to be America's oldest continually maintained brand of whiskey, it was founded in West Overton, Pennsylvania, in 1810.
- Old Overholt is a rye whiskey distilled by A. Overholt & Co., currently a subsidiary of Beam Suntory, which is a subsidiary of Suntory Holdings of Osaka, Japan.
- It is currently distilled at the Jim Beam distillery in Clermont, KY
- Henry Oberholzer (Anglicized to “Overholt”), a German Mennonite farmer, moved to West Overton, Pennsylvania, on the banks of Jacobs Creek in Western Pennsylvania in 1800. His family came from the area of Germany which specialized in distilling “korn”, or rye whiskey, and Henry took up the tradition.
- In 1810, Henry’s son took over the management of the distillery and made it into a business.
- By the 1820s, the distillery was putting out 12 to 15 gallons of rye whiskey per day.
- By 1859, Overholt incorporated his business as “A. Overholt & Co.” He operated out of a new distillery building that was six stories high, 100 feet long, and which could produce 860 gallons per day.
- Old Overholt was one of six distilleries allowed to continue issuing bottled-in-bond, government stamped, pints with a dosage cup atop the cap and doctor’s prescription attached to the back.
  - Maybe because Andrew Mellon was a partner in the business and he was the secretary of the treasury under Harding
  - Mellon Sold his shares in 1925 due to concerns from prohabisionists
- Beam bought out the old overholt in 1986, when they made the purchase of Dekuyper Peachtree Schnapps. This was during a time when brown liquor was frowned upon and clear liquors were in.
Our Bottle:
Pipe Pairings: 80 proof- Cornell and Diehl gentleman caller.
BIB- eight state burley Cornell and Diel
- 10 year- Irish Flake by peterson
- Monogahala rye- Cornell and Diehl riverboat gambler
Cocktails:
Research Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Overholt