Green River Whiskey Advertisement Token Grades GEM+ Unc. Green River’s history is as legendary as the whiskey itself: 20 barrels were once traded for interest in a Colorado goldmine, earning it the title “most expensive spirit ever sold.” Reviews praised it as “king among whiskeys” and songs were penned to “the whiskey without regrets.” It was awarded the gold medal and “Best of Show” at the Paris Exposition of 1900, and received the Grand Prize at Belgium’s Liege Exposition in 1905. It was even made the official whiskey of the U.S. Marine Hospital. Then, at the height of its reign, Prohibition and a mysterious fire reduced the distillery empire to ashes within hours.More than 130 years since founder John McCulloch established Green River, the distillery has been painstakingly renovated on the original grounds. Under the expert eye of eighth-generation Master Distiller Jacob Call, its namesake bourbon whiskey has been traditionally crafted and aged to savor as much in the drinking as in the making.