Willett Pot Still Reserve Cask Strength Bourbon, Kentucky

Willett Pot Still Reserve Cask Strength Bourbon, Kentucky

$72.00

  • Semi-annually released cask strength straight bourbon whiskey produced by Willett Distillery in Bardstown, Kentucky

  • Mash bill of 65% corn, 20% wheat, and 15% malted barley

  • Produced with limestone-filtered, spring-fed water from 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

  • Barrel-entry proof of 115

  • Aged 4–6 years in new char #4 American oak barrels from Independent Stave Company’s Kentucky cooperage; non-age statement

  • Batch number displayed on each bottle’s purple strip

  • Non-chill filtered; bottled at a cask strength of 60% ABV (ABV may vary batch to batch)

Distinguished by the purple strip on the neck of the bottle (a color any Willett fan will automatically recognize as a sign of excellence), this cask-strength iteration of Willett’s flagship Pot Still Reserve delivers all the character beloved in their regularly released wheated bourbon but at its full, unadulterated force. With releases scheduled to coincide each year with the fall and spring equinoxes, this new bottling is guaranteed to offer intriguing nuance from season to season, becoming a prized addition to any Willett collection.

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Our Willett Barrel: How we picked it

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Our Willett Barrel: How we picked it

With Master Distiller Drew Kulsveen — grandson of founder Thompson Willett — Chris tasted across mash bills and distillation lots, narrowing to a barrel that shows how profound barrel-proof bourbon can be. He returned not only with this extraordinary whiskey, but also with a deeper sense of Willett’s family legacy and their patient, exacting craft.

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