Willett Distillery

Willett Distillery
Company typePrivate
IndustryDrink industry
Founded1936 (1936)[1]
FounderA. Lambert Willett and sons
(esp. A. L. "Thompson" Willett)
Headquarters
Bardstown, Kentucky
Key people
Even G. Kulsveen
Martha H. Kulsveen (née Willett)
E. A. "Drew" Kulsveen
Janelle Kulsveen
K. M.-B. "Britt" Kulsveen
Productsbourbon and rye whiskey
Websitewww.kentuckybourbonwhiskey.com

Willett Distillery Ltd,[2][3] is a private, family-owned-and-operated company that produces bourbon and rye whiskey.[4][5][6][7] Over the years, the company has bottled whiskeys that range from two years of aging maturity up to 28 years. The company was named Kentucky Bourbon Distillers (KBD) between 1984 and 2012.[2]

The company is located on the outskirts of Bardstown, Kentucky,[8] on a site that began as a farm owned by the Willett family. Primarily operating as a relatively large independent bottling company, Willett Distillery has been called "the big daddy of bourbon and rye bottling".[5]

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  4. ^ Willett Distillery company web site.
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  6. ^ Willett Family Reserve: All Expressions, StraightBourbon.com, June 5, 2008 (and previous). (Access date December 11, 2010.)
  7. ^ Ken Miller, In a Willett state of mind at the Freakin' Frog, Las Vegas Weekly, October 8, 2011.
  8. ^ O'Connell, Pete (2024-03-01). "8 Things You Should Know About Willett Distillery". VinePair. Retrieved 2024-03-11.