Straight Rye Whiskey, Estate Small Batch

• Straight rye whiskey produced by Willett Distillery in Bardstown, Kentucky
• A blend of two mash bills: 74% rye, 11% corn, and 15% malted barley (90%) and 51% rye, 34% corn, 10% malted barley (10%)
• Produced with limestone-filtered, spring-fed water from a pond on the distillery estate
• Sour mash fermented in stainless steel for approximately 3–5 days using a proprietary yeast strain
• Twice distilled using a column still made of copper and stainless steel and a Vendome copper pot still modeled after Willett’s original, patented pot still
• Aged for a minimum of 4 years in new, char #4 American oak barrels from Independent Stave Company’s Kentucky cooperage
• A nose of milk chocolate and crème anglaise infused with bay leaf leads to a palate of pillow mints mingled with black tea and tobacco with a drying finish
• Barrel entry proof of 110
• Bottled at cask strength (ABV will vary batch to batch)

Willett’s Family Estate Bottled Rye was the first whiskey to be released that was distilled on the iconic pot still that came online during the distillery’s resurgence in 2012. Now released at a minimum of four years old, this widely recognized rye is bottled at cask strength for versatile drinking.

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