Ezra Brooks is a brand of Kentucky

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owned and marketed by

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. It is primarily bottled at 40%

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(80 U.S. proof) or 45% abv (90 U.S. proof). The Ezra Brooks brand was created by Frank Silverman in 1957 and was bottled at the Hoffman Distilling Company, in Lawrenceburg, Kentucky, up until Hoffman Distilling Co. went out of business in the 1970s. In 1993, Ezra Brooks was purchased by

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(formerly the David Sherman Company, renamed in 2006). Ezra Brooks is distilled at Luxco's Lux Row Distillers in "bourbon county"

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, along with Luxco's other whiskey brands

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completed its acquisition of Luxco.

Varieties

*Ezra Brooks Black Label Kentucky Sour Mash *Ezra Brooks 99 (99 proof) *Old Ezra (101 proof, aged 7 years) *Ezra Brooks

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(80 proof) *Ezra Brooks Bourbon Creme (25 proof) *Ezra B

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(99 proof, 12 years old) – No longer produced *Ezra Brooks Cinnamon liqueur (70 proof) – No longer produced *Ezra Brooks Straight Rye Whiskey (90 proof) aged 24 months

In films

*A billboard advertising the Ezra Brooks brand was featured in the film ''

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, however. The film was set in 1936 while the Ezra Brooks brand would not appear for another 20 years. *In the film '' Léon: The Professional'', Gary Oldman's Character, Stansfield, picks up a bottle of Ezra Brooks whiskey in Mathilda's apartment. *In the Japanese anime series Trigun season 1: episode 3 at 6:01, you can see a bottle of Ezra Brooks laying on the ground as the camera pans away from Vash and the drunkard.

References

{{reflist MGP Ingredients brands Bourbon whiskey