This bottling of a Wild Turkey Kentucky Straight Rye Whiskey is produced under the name 81 Proof as an indication of the alcohol content, the whiskey matured for 4-5 years in American oak barrels.
The Wild Turkey distillery was opened in 1855 by John Ripy as the Ripy Distillery in Lawrenceburg Kentucky. It was closed during Prohibition, but production resumed in 1933. The name Wild Turkey was initiated in 1940 by a manager of the distillery (Thomas McCarthy) through a turkey hunt. Today, the company belongs to the Campari Group.
Whiskey production in the United States is dominated by about a dozen large distilleries, so that almost all whiskey sold comes from a single distillery, and blended whiskey is almost non-existent as a mixture of the whiskey of several distilleries.
The terms single barrel for whiskey from a single cask and small batch for whiskey from a relatively small number of casks have become established as distinguishing features.
This bottling of a Wild Turkey Kentucky Straight Rye Whiskey is produced under the name 81 Proof as an indication of the alcohol content, the whiskey matured for 4-5 years in American oak barrels.
The Wild Turkey distillery was opened in 1855 by John Ripy as the Ripy Distillery in Lawrenceburg Kentucky. It was closed during Prohibition, but production resumed in 1933. The name Wild Turkey was initiated in 1940 by a manager of the distillery (Thomas McCarthy) through a turkey hunt. Today, the company belongs to the Campari Group.
Whiskey production in the United States is dominated by about a dozen large distilleries, so that almost all whiskey sold comes from a single distillery, and blended whiskey is almost non-existent as a mixture of the whiskey of several distilleries.
The terms single barrel for whiskey from a single cask and small batch for whiskey from a relatively small number of casks have become established as distinguishing features.
