• Willett Distillery, also known as Kentucky Bourbon Distillers (KBD), is a private family estate distillery. Owned and operated by family company, producing various brands of bourbon and rye whiskies.
  • Founded in 1936, it is located in Bardstown, Kentucky, USA.
  • They’ve sourced their whiskies from various distilleries since 1980’s but since 2012, Willett has started to make its own distillates and whiskey.
January 26, 2024

Investing Beyond the Bottle: The Lucrative & Exciting World of Bourbon Barrels

Investing in whiskey has, historically, offered higher returns and less volatility when compared to traditional financial markets. The rapid growth in demand for whiskey in the United States and abroad has created an environment in which distilleries have been unable to produce a sufficient quantity of casks, driving prices increasingly […]
August 7, 2017

Willett Single Barrel Rye 3YO review

Tasting notes Willett Distilling Company (a.k.a Kentucky Bourbon Distillers) has been sourcing whiskies since the 1980’s but recently they’ve been maturing their own distillates too. So there’s a chance that this Willett 3 Year Old Single Barrel Small Batch Rye Whiskey is completely their own product. I purchased this from […]
February 19, 2015

Willett Single Barrel Rye 4 year old review

Family Estate Bottled Single Barrel Straight Rye Whiskey Aged 4 years, this straight rye whiskey has a mash bill of 95% rye and 5% barley. This rye dram is truly a craft whiskey coming from private family-owned Willett Distilling Company (also known as Kentucky Bourbon Distillers). Willett Single Barrel whiskeys are selected […]