Willett Family Estate Rye 8 Year Old #6068 old-fitzgerald Aged and bottled in Bardstown

Aged and bottled in Bardstown

aged 10 years and bottled at an intense 117 proof

for a textured complexity rarely seen in a bourbon

Finish is medium-long with notes of sweet caramel and butterscotch

There were 22 barrels total consisting of 4 different char levels

Willett Family Estate Rye 8 Year Old #6068 old-fitzgerald Aged and bottled in BardstownFor the Willett family, distilling craft whiskey is a family tradition. John David Willlett began distilling at the Moore, Willett & Frenke Distillery just outside of Louisville, Kentucky, during Reconstruction. In 1898, his son, A. Lambert Willett who was just 15 years old at the time began apprenticing with his father. Eventually, Lambert purchased a farm on the outskirts of Bardstown, Kentucky, and began construction of the Willett Distilling