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Willet Family Estate
KENTUCKY
From Their Website:
"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 ?rst batch of Kentucky Bourbon Whiskey. That ?rst 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."
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