Distilleries / USA
Wild Turkey
USA / Kentucky
In Lawrenceburg, Kentucky, known for bold bourbon from low barrel-entry proof and heavily charred barrels.
History & character
In Lawrenceburg, Kentucky, overlooking the Kentucky River. Its roots lie in a distillery built by Thomas Ripy in 1891; Austin Nichols bought it in 1971 and named it the Wild Turkey Distillery. A new distillery was built in 2011.
The name dates to 1940, when Austin Nichols executive Thomas McCarthy took warehouse samples on a wild turkey hunt; his friends loved it and kept asking for "that wild turkey bourbon".
It uses less corn than typical bourbons and distils to a relatively low strength. It is famous for legendary master distiller Jimmy Russell, who started in 1954. Campari Group has owned it since 2009.
Whiskies from this distillery
Sources: en.wikipedia.org / kyodonewsprwire.jp
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