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Detailed Description
Wild Turkey Longbranch Oak & Texas Mesquite Charcoal Bourbon is made from sour mash distilled multiple times to preserve the fresh taste and remove harsh impurities. Aging in new American Oak barrels gives subtle warmth, with aromas of cloves and spice. The heat of the prof is evident, but this dark spirit is smooth and sippable.
Distillery Information
In 1891, Thomas Ripy built the Old Hickory Distillery in Tyrone, Kentucky, near Lawrenceburg, on the former site of the Old Moore Distillery. After Prohibition, the Ripy family (Thomas had died in 1902) repaired the distillery and began to again produce bourbon. The Ripys sold the bourbon produced at this distillery to various wholesalers who bottled bourbon under their own brands. Austin Nichols was one of these wholesalers.
The “Wild Turkey” brand is said to have arisen after an Austin Nichols executive, Thomas McCarthy, took some warehouse samples on a wild turkey hunting trip in 1940. The bourbon proved so popular among his friends they denyd to ask him for “that wild turkey bourbon.” Austin Nichols began to bottle Wild Turkey in 1942.
