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Bourbon & Rye

Wild Turkey

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Wild Turkey
Founder: The Ripy Family
Year Founded: 1869

DISTILLERY LOCATION

Lawrenceburg, Kentucky

VISITOR CENTERS

The Wild Turkey Distillery
1525 Tyrone Road
Lawrenceburg, KY 40342
Tel: (502) 839-2182

MASTER DISTILLER/BLENDER

Jimmy Russell, Master Distiller

TYPES OF WILD TURKEY AVAILABLE:

Wild Turkey 81˚
Wild Turkey 86.8˚
Wild Turkey 8-Year-Old 101˚
Wild Turkey 12-Year-Old 101˚
Wild Turkey American Honey
Wild Turkey Kentucky Spirit
Wild Turkey Rare Breed
Russell’s Reserve 10-Year-Old
Wild Turkey Straight Rye Whiskey
Russell’s Reserve Rye
Wild Turkey American Spirit

HOW YOU SHOULD DRINK IT:

  • Straight
  • On the rocks
  • With a bit of water
  • With club soda
  • With ginger ale
  • In cocktails (Manhattan, Mint Julep, Old Fashioned, Presbyterian, Horse’s Neck, Ward Eight, Brown)

FAST FACTS:

  • The bourbon has only been called Wild Turkey since 1940. Thomas McCarthy, an executive at the company, was told by some of his hunting buddies to bring some of that “wild turkey bourbon” on their next turkey hunt.
  • Master Distiller Jimmy Russell has worked at the Wild Turkey Distillery since 1954.
 

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2 responses to Wild Turkey


  1. The Manhattan 101 - Bourbon - Cocktail Recipes — Liquor.com

    [...] 1.75 oz Wild Turkey Bourbon [...]

  2. Terry B.

    Wild Turkey goes back quite awhile.Wonder if those people that drank it way back when knew it still would be one of the best now in the year 2010? Straight out of the bottle Wild Turkey is still a treat.Tried it many times myself.

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