Blade and Bow 24 Year Old Will Sell to Highest Bidder

By Jeffery Lindenmuth

Blade and Bow 24 year old, a very rare single barrel straight bourbon whiskey from the Stitzel-Weller distillery, most famous as the original producer of the Pappy Van Winkle Family Reserve line of whiskeys, will be sold at Christie’s Auction House on december 9.

Unlike Blade and Bow 22 year old, which is a blend of whiskeys from several distilleries, the 24 year old comes only from  Stitzel-Weller and was barreled on november 22, 1991. This whiskey is notable not only as one of the final whiskeys produced at Stitzel-Weller, which closed in 1992, but also for...