Willett Family Estate Single Barrel Bourbon 16 year #3821 121 Proof Kings Ransom Selection

Willett Family Estate Single Barrel Bourbon 16 year #3821 121 Proof Kings Ransom Selection
Kentucky Bourbon Distillers are the owners of the Willett distillery in Bardstown. Willett distillery was built in 1936, just a few years after the repeal of National Prohibition by Lambert Willett, a former distiller for Max Selliger & Co. The distillery was initially a success, principally through its Old Bardstown and Johnny Drum brands, however, it was hit hard by the bourbon slump of the 1970s. The result was an ill-advised move into producing ethanol for “gasohol,” spurred by the 1979 energy crises. When that market re-stabilized, Willett was left floundering and eventually closed in the early 1980s. Lambert’s granddaughter, Martha Willett and her husband, Even Kulsveen, then purchased the distillery and established Kentucky Bourbon Distillers in 1984.