Wild Turkey Kentucky Spirit Single Barrel 750ml

1855 : Austin Nichols starts selling wine and spirits as a wholesale grocer. The business he starts would later own Wild Turkey.1869 : The Ripy brothers open their family distillery on Wild Turkey Hill in Lawrenceburg, Kentucky.1893 : The Ripy Brothers’ bourbon represents Kentucky at the World’s Fair in Chicago, Illinois.1940 : Wild Turkey Bourbon gets its name after a distillery executive shares his bourbon with friends on an annual hunting trip — of course, they were after wild turkey.1954 : Master Distiller Jimmy Russell joins Wild Turkey. He’s the third in a line of distillers and learned his craft from Wild Turkey’s second master distiller, Bill Hughes, and Ernest W. Ripy, son of the original distiller.1976 : Wild Turkey introduces the world’s first bourbon liqueur as a way to attract even more people into the bourbon world, which eventually led to the creation of Wild Turkey’s American Honey.1981 : Eddie Russell, son of Jimmy Russell, joins Wild Turkey as a relief operator and begins to work his way up the ladder.1991 : Wild Turkey introduces our premium Rare Breed, one of the first barrel proof bourbons to go to market.1995 : Kentucky Spirit, a single-barrel (one of the world’s firsts), 101-proof bourbon, is released. 2000 :Master Distiller Jimmy Russell is inducted into the Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame. 2004 : Jimmy Russell celebrates his 50th year at the Wild Turkey distillery.2006 : American Honey, a liqueur with real Wild Turkey Bourbon and pure American Honey, is introduced.2007 : American Spirit, a 15-year-old bourbon, is released in honor of National Bourbon Heritage Month. The month celebrates the rich heritage, tradition, and legacy of the bourbon industry.2010 : Eddie Russell is inducted into the Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame by his father, Jimmy Russell. 2011 : In Eddie Russell’s 30th year at the distillery, he introduces an 81 proof expression of the world famous Wild Turkey Bourbon, intended to be the perfect mixing bourbon.2014 : Jimmy Russell celebrates his 60th year at the Wild Turkey distillery. To celebrate this achievement, a special bourbon called Diamond was released in his honor. A combination of 13 and 16 year old bourbons, this bourbon is something special, just like our own Jimmy Russell.2015 : Eddie Russell is officially given the title of master distiller, making Jimmy and Eddie the only active father and son duo of bourbon master distillers in the world2016 : A year after Eddie Russell joined his father Jimmy as Master Distiller, we gave our packaging a bold new look to better reflect the ownership behind each of our bourbons.