Willet Bourbon 23 Years

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Willet Bourbon 23 Years

Unread postby Old Man Bourbon » Mon Dec 18, 2006 2:03 pm

Have you more information for this
23 Years old Willet Bourbon ?

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Unread postby TNbourbon » Mon Dec 18, 2006 6:40 pm

Heinz is there in Germany. Since the label is nearly identical to Doug Phillips' rye bottling, I'm relatively sure it was made from aged bourbon from the warehouses at Kentucky Bourbon Disitllers (Even and Drew Kulsveen, et al) in Bardstown. Mrs. Kulsveen -- Even's wife and Drew's mother -- was originally a Willett.
The distillery there was mothballed c. 1982, so the bottle may contain Willett bourbon, or bourbon from a number of other distilleries (some defunct) which the Kulsveens have purchased (the bourbon, not the distilleries).
They are in the process of installing a new distilling column, which would be the first such startup in Kentucky since Maker's Mark in the early-'50s, I believe. Woodford Reserve, of course, began new pot-stilling in 1996 at Labrot & Graham.
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Unread postby drew_kulsveen » Mon Feb 19, 2007 10:34 pm

This is a fake. We have never bottled this product. I would know since I created the label.
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