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Willet Single Barrel Rye

Unread postby Landrum » Tue Aug 06, 2013 8:57 pm

Do any of you know from where Willet gets its rye? My BIL gave me a bottle a while back and I have really enjoyed it. I read a blurb on some site a while ago that perhaps Heaven Hill produces a lot of the spirits in WIllet bottlings. Do any of you know for sure?
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Re: Willet Single Barrel Rye

Unread postby Bourbon Joe » Wed Aug 07, 2013 8:42 am

They could come from anywhere. Longer ago, when he was bottling 22 to 24 y/o ryes for Doug Philips and LeNell, he was using Cream Of Kentucky rye. God knows what he's using today.
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Re: Willet Single Barrel Rye

Unread postby JLH3 » Mon Sep 02, 2013 1:41 am

I believe it's LDI. It has a very similar taste to Bulleitt

Willett rye is my favorite rye by far.
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Re: Willet Single Barrel Rye

Unread postby oakmellow » Tue May 06, 2014 6:57 pm

My bottle says it is distilled in Indiana, and bottled by Willett in Bardstown, KY. I'm new to bourbon, but I figured I'd give the Willett rye a chance, and I'm glad I did. I like the Willett Family Estate Bottled Rye very much.
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Re: Willet Single Barrel Rye

Unread postby Squire » Wed May 07, 2014 10:09 am

Of course it's not actually Willett, they didn't make it, but if you like LDI/MGP rye that's good because there's no shortage of the stuff.
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Re: Willet Single Barrel Rye

Unread postby M6Coupe » Tue Jun 09, 2015 9:54 pm

Willett has their own distillates in bottles for critics that insist on the proper pedigree for their beverages.

But Willett spends time with their LDI ryes with the barrels aging in ricks in the Willett houses.

Discounting Willett's fingerprints on their ryes and calling them simply LDI ryes is discounting the value of Willett's barrel selection, warehousing, barrel placement, and aging.

The Willett folks have done exceptional jobs in this and their current new rye offerings and the other Willett wheat and traditonal rye/corn distillates in the pipeline bode well for the future.

I personally can't wait until these in-house produced offerings hit the market.
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Re: Willet Single Barrel Rye

Unread postby Squire » Fri Jun 26, 2015 10:27 pm

Oh I don't insist on a proper pedigree, just an accurate one.
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