Boozy Spirits Podcast: Willett's 8-Year Wheated Bourbon Review 🥃

TUSCALOOSA, AL — The year is coming to a close and, ahead of New Year's Eve and the Rose Bowl, our friends at the Boozy Spirits podcast reviewed Willett's 8-Year Wheated Bourbon.

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According to Willett Distillery, the first release of Willett Wheated Bourbon was distilled in the early Spring of 2013 and bottled in the Summer of 2022.

The distillery says the proprietary mashbill is barreled at 115 proof in Char# 4 American Oak and bottled without chill-filtration to preserve the most flavor possible.

Its tasting profile says it is 54% alcohol by volume, coming out to 108 proof in the glass — giving the bourbon plenty of bite to go with its illustrious bark.

Tracing its lineage back to the London pewter trade in the late 1600s, the Willett name carried on into the New World, with the family making its mark in Kentucky bourbon as early as the 1840s.

Still, it would be Aloysius Lambert Thompson Willett who became the founder and president of Willett Distillery in Bardstown in the early 1900s, with the family breaking ground on its distillery in 1936.

Their first barrel of bourbon was then stored the following year in its on-site warehouse and, in 2017, Willett Distillery produced its 25,000th barrel.

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Hosted by Tuscaloosa businessmen Justin Grimball and Matt Ray, the Boozy Spirits podcast can be found across social media channels, on YouTube and Spotify.

Tuscaloosa Patch is proud to partner with our friends at Boozy Spirits, so be on the lookout for future episodes posted here!

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