Old Grand-Dad

Old Grand-Dad is a bourbon whiskey from Nelson County, Kentucky. The company was created by Raymond B. Hayden and named after his grandfather Basil Hayden, Sr., a well known distiller during his lifetime who is depicted on the front of each bottle.

The Hayden family's first commercial distillery was created in 1840 and the Whiskey has been in production since that time -- despite several changes of ownership. During prohibition, the company produced "medicinal whiskey" for sick, blind, and lame patients.

Today, Old Grand-Dad is one of the ten best selling straight whiskies coming in three different bottling proofs: 86 proof, 100 proof "Bonded," and 114 'Barrel Proof' in a short height but finely designed bottle, often found at holidays in a gift box package. Old Grand-Dad is featured prominently in the opening scenes of "Bad Santa", and in the Nick Stefanos novels by George P. Pelecanos.

External links

• http://www.hayden.org/oldgranddad.htm

Old Grand-Dad's is also mentioned in:

• George Thorogood single "I Drink Alone"
• movie Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man