May 2019 Auction

Willett Family Estate 24 Year Old Single Barrel Bourbon #3709

A well-aged bourbon from Kentucky Bourbon Distillers' Willet Family Estate series.

Released in 2015 at the Willet distillery gift shop, specially for the Kentucky Bourbon Festival of that year. This was matured in barrel #3709.

Bottle number 29 of 95 bottles.

W.L. Weller 7 Year Old Original 107 Proof 1980s / Stitzel-Weller

An old 1980's bottling of Old Weller from Stitzel-Weller distillery. The distillery at this point was owned and operated by United Distillers, who would eventually close it down in 1992.

Nowadays the brand is produced at Buffalo Trace by the Sazerac company, who acquired it from United Distillers in 1999.

Italian import.

Willett Family Estate 16 Year Old Single Barrel Bourbon #1597

A single White Oak barrel bourbon, bottled at the Willett distillery by Kentucky Bourbon Distillers. KBD have barrels from nearly every major distillery in their warehouses, but the majority were sourced from neighbours, Heaven Hill.

Cask #1597 was bottled at 16 years old and 123 US proof.

William Larue Weller 2012 Release

The 2012 release within the famous and eagerly awaited Buffalo Trace Antique Collection, which celebrates historic bourbon brands and figures. Buffalo Trace's parent company, Sazerac, purchased the Weller brand from United Distillers in 1999, 7 years after distilling operations at the legendary Stitzel-Weller had been shut down.

William Larue Weller was a 19th century whiskey rectifier and distiller, who's W.L. Weller and Sons company was run by the legendary Julian 'Pappy' Van Winkle. The Weller and Van Winkle brands are both produced at Buffalo Trace distillery nowadays, distilled to very similar old Stitzel-Weller recipes, and are among the most sought after bourbons on the market.

This edition is a 12 year old whiskey.

William Larue Weller 2015 Release

The 2015 release within the famous and eagerly awaited Buffalo Trace Antique Collection, which celebrates historic bourbon brands and figures. Buffalo Trace's parent company, Sazerac, purchased the Weller brand from United Distillers in 1999, 7 years after distilling operations at the legendary Stitzel-Weller had been shut down.

William Larue Weller was a 19th century whiskey rectifier and distiller, who's W.L. Weller and Sons company was run by the legendary Julian 'Pappy' Van Winkle. The Weller and Van Winkle brands are both produced at Buffalo Trace distillery nowadays, distilled to very similar old Stitzel-Weller recipes, and are among the most sought after bourbons on the market.

The 2015 release is aged 12 years.

William Larue Weller 2015 Release

The 2015 release within the famous and eagerly awaited Buffalo Trace Antique Collection, which celebrates historic bourbon brands and figures. Buffalo Trace's parent company, Sazerac, purchased the Weller brand from United Distillers in 1999, 7 years after distilling operations at the legendary Stitzel-Weller had been shut down.

William Larue Weller was a 19th century whiskey rectifier and distiller, who's W.L. Weller and Sons company was run by the legendary Julian 'Pappy' Van Winkle. The Weller and Van Winkle brands are both produced at Buffalo Trace distillery nowadays, distilled to very similar old Stitzel-Weller recipes, and are among the most sought after bourbons on the market.

The 2015 release is aged 12 years.

William Larue Weller 2016 Release

The 2016 release within the famous and eagerly awaited Buffalo Trace Antique Collection, which celebrates historic bourbon brands and figures. Buffalo Trace's parent company, Sazerac, purchased the Weller brand from United Distillers in 1999, 7 years after distilling operations at the legendary Stitzel-Weller had been shut down.

William Larue Weller was a 19th century whiskey rectifier and distiller, who's W.L. Weller and Sons company was run by the legendary Julian 'Pappy' Van Winkle. The Weller and Van Winkle brands are both produced at Buffalo Trace distillery nowadays, distilled to very similar old Stitzel-Weller recipes, and are among the most sought after bourbons on the market.

The 2016 bottling features 145 barrels which were filled in the winter of 2003 at 114 Proof (57%), with the whiskey drawn in autumn 2016 after 12 years and 7 months of aging at 135.4 Proof (67.7%) and bottled unfiltered.  The malt bill features Grade #1 and #2 Kentucky corn, North Dakota wheat and North Dakota malted barley.

William Larue Weller 2018 Release

Released within the famous and eagerly awaited Buffalo Trace Antique Collection which celebrates historic bourbon brands and figures.

William Larue Weller was a 19th century whiskey rectifier and distiller, who's W.L. Weller and Sons company was run by the legendary Julian 'Pappy' Van Winkle. The Weller and Van Winkle brands are both produced at Buffalo Trace distillery nowadays, distilled to very similar old Stitzel-Weller recipes, and are among the most sought after bourbons on the market.

One of approximately 17,179 bottles from 149 handpicked barrels.

The 2018 release of the William Larue Weller is aged 12 years and was named World Whisky of the Year 2019 by Jim Murray in his Whisky Bible.

William Larue Weller 2018 Release

Released within the famous and eagerly awaited Buffalo Trace Antique Collection which celebrates historic bourbon brands and figures.

William Larue Weller was a 19th century whiskey rectifier and distiller, who's W.L. Weller and Sons company was run by the legendary Julian 'Pappy' Van Winkle. The Weller and Van Winkle brands are both produced at Buffalo Trace distillery nowadays, distilled to very similar old Stitzel-Weller recipes, and are among the most sought after bourbons on the market.

One of approximately 17,179 bottles from 149 handpicked barrels.

The 2018 release of the William Larue Weller is aged 12 years and was named World Whisky of the Year 2019 by Jim Murray in his Whisky Bible.

William Larue Weller 2018 Release

Released within the famous and eagerly awaited Buffalo Trace Antique Collection which celebrates historic bourbon brands and figures.

William Larue Weller was a 19th century whiskey rectifier and distiller, who's W.L. Weller and Sons company was run by the legendary Julian 'Pappy' Van Winkle. The Weller and Van Winkle brands are both produced at Buffalo Trace distillery nowadays, distilled to very similar old Stitzel-Weller recipes, and are among the most sought after bourbons on the market.

One of approximately 17,179 bottles from 149 handpicked barrels.

The 2018 release of the William Larue Weller is aged 12 years and was named World Whisky of the Year 2019 by Jim Murray in his Whisky Bible.

William Larue Weller 2016 Release

The 2016 release within the famous and eagerly awaited Buffalo Trace Antique Collection, which celebrates historic bourbon brands and figures. Buffalo Trace's parent company, Sazerac, purchased the Weller brand from United Distillers in 1999, 7 years after they had shut down the distilling operation at the legendary Stitzel-Weller.

William Larue Weller was a 19th century whiskey rectifier and distiller, who's W.L. Weller and Sons company was run by the legendary Julian 'Pappy' Van Winkle. The Weller and Van Winkle brands are both produced at Buffalo Trace distillery nowadays, distilled to very similar old Stitzel-Weller recipes, and are among the most sought after bourbons on the market.

The 2016 bottling features 145 barrels which were filled in the winter of 2003 at 114 Proof (57%), with the whiskey drawn in autumn 2016 after 12 years and 7 months of aging at 135.4 Proof (67.7%) and bottled unfiltered.  The malt bill features Grade #1 and #2 Kentucky corn, North Dakota wheat and North Dakota malted barley.

William Larue Weller 2017 Release

Released within the famous and eagerly awaited Buffalo Trace Antique Collection which celebrates historic bourbon brands and figures.

William Larue Weller was a 19th century whiskey rectifier and distiller, who's W.L. Weller and Sons company was run by the legendary Julian 'Pappy' Van Winkle. The Weller and Van Winkle brands are both produced at Buffalo Trace distillery nowadays, distilled to very similar old Stitzel-Weller recipes, and are among the most sought after bourbons on the market.

One of approximately 19,000 bottles from 155 handpicked barrels.

The 2017 release of the William Larue Weller is aged 12 years and was bottled from a batch of 155 barrels.

William Larue Weller 2016 Release

The 2016 release within the famous and eagerly awaited Buffalo Trace Antique Collection, which celebrates historic bourbon brands and figures. Buffalo Trace's parent company, Sazerac, purchased the Weller brand from United Distillers in 1999, 7 years after they had shut down the distilling operation at the legendary Stitzel-Weller.

William Larue Weller was a 19th century whiskey rectifier and distiller, who's W.L. Weller and Sons company was run by the legendary Julian 'Pappy' Van Winkle. The Weller and Van Winkle brands are both produced at Buffalo Trace distillery nowadays, distilled to very similar old Stitzel-Weller recipes, and are among the most sought after bourbons on the market.

The 2016 bottling features 145 barrels which were filled in the winter of 2003 at 114 Proof (57%), with the whiskey drawn in autumn 2016 after 12 years and 7 months of aging at 135.4 Proof (67.7%) and bottled unfiltered.  The malt bill features Grade #1 and #2 Kentucky corn, North Dakota wheat and North Dakota malted barley.

William Larue Weller 2016 Release

The 2016 release within the famous and eagerly awaited Buffalo Trace Antique Collection, which celebrates historic bourbon brands and figures. Buffalo Trace's parent company, Sazerac, purchased the Weller brand from United Distillers in 1999, 7 years after distilling operations at the legendary Stitzel-Weller had been shut down.

William Larue Weller was a 19th century whiskey rectifier and distiller, who's W.L. Weller and Sons company was run by the legendary Julian 'Pappy' Van Winkle. The Weller and Van Winkle brands are both produced at Buffalo Trace distillery nowadays, distilled to very similar old Stitzel-Weller recipes, and are among the most sought after bourbons on the market.

The 2016 bottling features 145 barrels which were filled in the winter of 2003 at 114 Proof (57%), with the whiskey drawn in autumn 2016 after 12 years and 7 months of aging at 135.4 Proof (67.7%) and bottled unfiltered.  The malt bill features Grade #1 and #2 Kentucky corn, North Dakota wheat and North Dakota malted barley.

Willett Family Estate 13 Year Old Single Barrel Bourbon #3636

A single barrel bourbon, bottled by Kentucky Bourbon Distillers at Willett distillery. Drawn from Barrel #3636 in the KBD warehouses, which contain bourbon from the majority of the Kentucky distilleries, but most of it is sourced from neighbouring Heaven Hill.

Bottle 110 of only 135 exclusively available at the Willett gift shop in March 2017.

Wild Turkey 2002 Russell's Reserve Barrel Proof / Non-Chill Filtered

The original batch of Russell's Reserve was bottled in 1998 in celebration of Master Distiller, Jimmy Russell's 45th anniversary with the company. Barrels for a future release were warehoused that same year with the specific intention of releasing a second Russel's Reserve with the 1998 vintage to honour the achievement again.

This is a 2002 vintage released following on from that, and was bottled at barrel proof and non-chill filtered.

One of 3640 bottles.

Wild Turkey 2002 Russell's Reserve Barrel Proof / Non-Chill Filtered

The original batch of Russell's Reserve was bottled in 1998 in celebration of Master Distiller, Jimmy Russell's 45th anniversary with the company. Barrels for a future release were warehoused that same year with the specific intention of releasing a second Russel's Reserve with the 1998 vintage to honour the achievement again.

This is a 2002 vintage released following on from that, and was bottled at barrel proof and non-chill filtered.

One of 3640 bottles.

Willett Family Estate 7 Year Old Single Barrel Rye #58

A single White Oak barrel rye whisky bottled by Willett. 

Drawn from barrel #58, which was distilled at MGP in Indiana.

Willett Family Estate 6 Year Old Single Barrel Rye #147

A straight rye matured in a single white oak barrel for 6 years. 

The Willett Family Estate series was a legendary Kentucky Bourbon Distillers brand created using sourced whiskies from everywhere seemingly other than their own Willett distillery, which had been silent since the early 1980s.

KBD reopened the distillery in 2012. This barrel however, was procured from MGP in Indiana.

Willett Family Estate 6 Year Old Single Barrel Bourbon #2061 / Hello Wednesday

The Willett Family Estate series was a legendary Kentucky Bourbon Distillers brand created using sourced whiskies from everywhere seemingly other than their own Willett distillery, which had been silent since the early 1980s.

KBD reopened the distillery in 2012, and this was bottled from one of the first barrels produced there.

Wolfburn Inaugural Release

Located in Thurso, which is the Northern most distillery on the UK mainland. Based around a long lost distillery that ended around 1850, this new Wolfburn opened in 2013. 

This is their first single malt release.

There have been 875 bottles released, 100 of which were for the UK. This is presented in a hand crafted wooden box. 

This is bottle number 228 of 875. 

Wolfburn Inaugural Release

Located in Thurso, which is the Northern most distillery on the UK mainland. Based around a long lost distillery that ended around 1850, this new Wolfburn opened in 2013. 

This is their first single malt release.

There have been 875 bottles released, 100 of which were for the UK. This is presented in a hand crafted wooden box. 

This is bottle number 155 of 875. 

Willett Family Estate 10 Year Old Small Batch Rye

This is a bottle of the Willett Family Estate Small Batch Rye. Matured in hand selected White Oak barrels for ten years and bottled at cask strength.

The Willett still have only been reoperational since 2012, and this small batch was produced using barrels sourced from MGP in Indiana.

Wild Turkey 8 Year Old 101 Proof 1970s

The Wild Turkey distillery, then known as Boulevard, was built in 1869 in Tyrone, Kentucky. The name Wild Turkey was not used until 1941 when some, shared on a hunting trip, was referred to as \"some of that wild turkey whiskey\". 

This is the classic 8 year old expression, bottled at 101 US proof.

This is a 1970s bottling, imported to Italy.

Willett Family Estate 5 Year Old Single Barrel Bourbon #4767 / Mellencamping

The Willett Family Estate series was a legendary Kentucky Bourbon Distillers brand created using sourced whiskies from everywhere seemingly other than their own Willett distillery, which had been silent since the early 1980s.

KBD reopened the distillery in 2012 however, and this 5 year old bourbon is among the first releases from its newly operational stills.

Barrel #4767 was selected for Mellencamping.

Willett 4 Year Old Bourbon / 80th Anniversary

A special, very small batch, limited edition bourbon from Willett.

Aged 4 years, just 5,200 bottles were released to celebrate the 80th anniversary of Willett.

Willett distillery began producing whiskey again in 2012, this is one of them.

Wild Turkey 8 Year Old 101 Proof 1 Litre 1990s

The Wild Turkey distillery, then known as Boulevard, was built in 1869 in Tyrone, Kentucky. The name Wild Turkey was not used until 1941 when some, shared on a hunting trip, was referred to as \"some of that wild turkey whiskey\". 

This is the classic 8 year old expression, bottled at 101 US proof.

Wild Turkey 12 Year Old 101 Proof

A more recent bottling of American bourbon Wild Turkey at 12 years old, bottled at the expected 101 US Proof / 50.5%.

The Wild Turkey distillery, then known as Boulevard, was built in 1869 in Tyrone, Kentucky. The name Wild Turkey was not used until 1941 when some, shared on a hunting trip, was referred to as \"some of that wild turkey whiskey\". 

Wild Turkey 12 Year Old 101 Proof

A more recent bottling of American bourbon Wild Turkey at 12 years old, bottled at the expected 101 US Proof / 50.5%.

The Wild Turkey distillery, then known as Boulevard, was built in 1869 in Tyrone, Kentucky. The name Wild Turkey was not used until 1941 when some, shared on a hunting trip, was referred to as \"some of that wild turkey whiskey\". 

W.L. Weller 12 Year Old

An older release of W.L. Weller, the original wheated bourbon. The Weller brand was historically produced by the Van Winkle family at Stitzel-Weller distillery.

This bourbon however was distilled at Buffalo Trace by the Sazerac company, who purchased the brand from United Distillers in 1999. In her book But Always Fine Bourbon, Sally Van Winkle Campbell claims they did not have the exact Weller recipe until their partnership with her brother, Julian Van Winkle III was agreed in 2002. Undoubtedly a nod of approval from the family for the modern day product.

Wild Turkey '1855' Reserve

An unusual, cask strength Wild Turkey.

Quite difficult to come by and highly sought after by Bourbon fanatics.

Wild Turkey 101 Proof Kentucky Straight Bourbon 1990s

The non-age statement early 1990s iteration of the classic 101 proof bourbon.

The Wild Turkey distillery, then known as Boulevard, was built in 1869 in Tyrone, Kentucky. The name Wild Turkey was not used until 1941 when some, shared on a hunting trip, was referred to as \"some of that wild turkey whiskey\".