| Type | Bourbon whiskey |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Heaven Hill |
| Country of origin | Kentucky, United States |
| Introduced | 1783 |
| Alcohol by volume | 45.00% |
| Proof | 90 |
| Related products | Heaven Hill |
Ezra Brooks is a brand of Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey. It is charcoal filtered and typically bottled at 45% abv (90 proof).[1]
The Ezra Brooks brand is owned by Luxco of St. Louis, Missouri (formerly the David Sherman Company); which does not own a distillery. Ezra Brooks is distilled, aged, and bottled in Kentucky by Heaven Hill Distilleries for Luxco.
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In 2006, the David Sherman Company re-branded itself to Luxco as a tribute to one of its co-founders, Paul Lux, and as a reflection of the current ownership of the company. As Luxco has grown it has remained family-owned. [2]
Luxco itself was born of humble beginnings back in 1958 when Paul A. Lux and David Sherman Sr. established the David Sherman Corporation as a private label bottler to serve the needs of distributors, wholesalers and retailers in the mid-west around St. Louis, Chicago and Milwaukee. Since that time, the company has quietly grown into a major producer, bottler, importer and marketer with an impressive portfolio of over 50 wine and spirit brands. Some of the whiskey brands that Luxco produces include: Rebel Yell, Bourbon Supreme, Old Ezra 101, Rebel Reserve, Yellowstone, Wallstreet Whiskey, D. Nicholson 1843 and Davies County.
The label itself has previously been compared in its own print advertising to Jack Daniel's. The product was formerly distributed in elaborate decanter-like bottles. It used to be sold in bottles with a cork cap, but now has a plastic replic-cork. The nature of its aging and the time over which it is aged combine to give it a rich, dark brown color that is visible through the bottle.
Ezra Brooks Black Label (90 proof)
Old Ezra 101 (101 proof)
A billboard advertising the Ezra Brooks brand was featured in the movie "The Sting".