New Arrivals/Restock

• Straight bourbon whiskey produced by Willett Distillery in Bardstown, Kentucky • A blend of two mash bills: 72% corn, 13% rye, and 15% malted barley (65%) and 52% corn, 38% rye, 10% malted barley (35%) • Produced with limestone-filtered, spring-fed water from a pond on the distillery estate • Sour mash fermented in stainless steel for approximately 3–5 days using a proprietary yeast strain • Twice distilled using an unspecified combination of Willett’s 3 stills: a column still made of copper and stainless steel, a copper doubler original to the distillery, and a Vendome copper pot still modeled after Willett’s original, patented pot still • Mash bills are aged separately for a minimum of 4 years in new, char #4 American oak barrels from Independent Stave Company’s Kentucky cooperage and blended after maturity; non-age statement • A nose of cedar, orange marmalade, and ramps continues to a dry but balanced mid-palate of mint and walnut skin with a finish of cinnamon, clove, and graham cracker • 50.05% ABV Thompson Willett first developed and released Johnny Drum Private Stock in the 1960s, exclusively for a California wholesaler. Now repurposed and repackaged by the distillery, this bourbon should easily make your rotation of daily sippers, especially if you crave that high-rye character.