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Willett Family Estate 8 Year Bourbon aged in hand selected White Oak Barrels for 8 years, hand bottled from Barrel No. #7128<\/span><\/p>\n Bottle Size: 750 ml<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n In the spring of 1936, at the age of 27, Thompson Willett founded Willett Distillery. The distillery was erected near the family farm, which had been purchased by Lambert Willett, Thompson\u2019s dad. Upon completion, in the spring of 1937, Willett Distillery produced its ?rst batch of Kentucky Bourbon Whiskey. That ?rst batch amounted to 300 bushels (~30 barrels) on March 17, 1937, St. Patrick\u2019s Day. The newly barreled Bourbon was stored in one of the family\u2019s rickhouses, each capable of storing between 4,000 and 5,000 Whiskey barrels. The rickhouses were built on some of the highest ground in the county, assuring that a fresh breeze would aid in the maturation of the Whiskey.<\/p>\n To this day, descendants of Thompson Willett are still carrying on the family tradition of making ?ne Kentucky Bourbon and Kentucky Rye Whiskey at the same spot that Thompson and his family operated over 80 years ago.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Willett Family Estate 8 Year Bourbon aged in hand selected White Oak Barrels for 8 years, hand bottled from Barrel No. #7128 Bottle Size: 750 ml In the spring of 1936, at the age of 27, Thompson Willett founded Willett Distillery. The distillery was erected near the family farm, which had been purchased by Lambert […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":79475,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false},"product_cat":[1133,1400],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-81121","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_brand-willett","product_cat-bourbon","product_cat-willett","first","instock","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"yoast_head":"\n