If your a bourbon fan it would be nearly impossible not to know the Van Winkle family. They sold the Stitzel-Weller distillery in 1972, the new ownership offered Julian II an office and first-refusal on casks with which to pursue his new bottling venture. He named it the Commonwealth Distillery Co. When he died, his son Julian III moved the operation to the old Hoffman distillery, renaming it Old Commonwealth in the process. Although the family are best known for the Old Rip Van Winkle label, these Old Commonwealth decanters are rare and important pieces in one of bourbon's greatest stories. This is a 10 year old Stitzel-Weller bourbon. Old Commonwealth was a rare Van Winkle bottling by Julian P. Van Winkle