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Willett Single Barrel 8 Year Old Rye 131.8 Proof Cask 6068 "Pac Edge CA Spring 22 #6"

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Willett Single Barrel 8 Year Old Rye 131.8 Proof Cask 6068 "Pac Edge CA Spring 22 #6"

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's dad. Upon completion, in the spring of 1937, Willett Distillery produced its firrst batch of Kentucky Bourbon Whiskey. That first batch amounted to 300 bushels (~30 barrels) on March 17, 1937, St. Patrick's Day. The newly barreled Bourbon was stored in one of the family's 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.