Old Overholt
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Old Overholt (distilled by A. Overholt & Co, a subsidiary of Beam Global Spirits, at the Jim Beam distillery in Clermont, Kentucky, but originally in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania), is one of the few straight rye whiskies available at most liquor stores in the United States. The company claims to have been established in 1810, and the bottle states that at 80 proof (40% alcohol), this is a four year aged whiskey.
While rye whiskey in general is not as easy to find as the more common Scotch or bourbon whiskies, Old Overholt is one of the three brands of rye likely to appear on American liquor store shelves (the others being Jim Beam yellow label and Wild Turkey green label), and while usually less expensive than these or other whiskeys (such as bourbon or Jack Daniel's), it is often regarded as of comparable or superior quality to these competitors. It has a richer flavor than Jim Beam rye, and a tinge of sweetness which contrasts with the heat of the Wild Turkey rye.
Parodied in a Warner Brothers cartoon as "Old Overcoat".
