
Willett Family Estate 10 Year Old Bourbon Whiskey #2068 'Pac Edge CA 2023' 750ml
Only 159 total bottles Produced. Willett Family Estate Single Barrel Bourbon 10 year #2068 123.4 Proof Willett Distillery is a Bourbon and rye whiskey producer in Bardstown, Kentucky. Kentucky Bourbon Distillers are the owners of the Willett Distillery in Bardstown. Willett Distillery was built in 1936, just a few years after the repeal of National Prohibition by Lambert Willett, a former distiller for Max Selliger & Co. The distillery was initially a success, principally through its Old Bardstown and Johnny Drum brands, however, it was hit hard by the bourbon slump of the 1970s. The result was an ill-advised move into producing ethanol for "gasohol," spurred by the 1979 energy crises. When that market re-stabilized, Willett was left floundering and eventually closed in the early 1980s. Lambert's granddaughter, Martha Willett and her husband, Even Kulsveen, then purchased the distillery and established Kentucky Bourbon Distillers in 1984. They initially bottled the remaining barr