Willett Bourbon Kentucky Straight Whiskey

For the Willett family, distilling craft whiskey is a family tradition. During Reconstruction, John David Willett began distilling whiskey at the Moore, Willett & Frenke Distillery, which was situated just outside of Louisville, Kentucky. While the Willett Distilling Company eventually changed its name to Kentucky Bourbon Distillers, the family tradition lives on — Even Kulsveen, the current owner of KBD, is Thompson Willett’s son-in-law. This Kentucky Bourbon is a hand-selected, limited edition spirit. 

Aged for between eight and ten years, Willett Pot Still Reserve is bottled in a decorative decanter that earned the Double Gold Medal for packaging design and Gold Medal for taste at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition in 2008. Its unique shape and design are meant to resemble the pot still that was used for generations at the Willett Distilling Company. 

The company is identified on the product label as the Willett Distilling Company, which was the original name of the company until its name was changed in 1984 to Kentucky Bourbon Distillers, Ltd. (KBD).

In October 2012, the company announced that it would return to using the Willett name as its primary business name. On the nose, Pot Still Reserve shows a soft, elegant and uniquely fruity and floral bouquet: lemon frosting, ripe cherry, mandarin orange and honey. Underneath all that fruit are layers of vanilla extract, coconut, cinnamon and a touch of prickly spice. 47% alc./vol. (94 proof) The Willett family legacy lives on in Willett Pot Still Reserve. Now you can be part of that legacy too.