Willett Family Estate 4 Year Old Small Batch Kentucky Straight Rye Whiskey 750ml
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The Willett Family Estate 4 Year Old Small Batch Straight Rye Whiskey is the flagship of Willett's estate-distilled era: a cask-strength Kentucky straight rye, aged a minimum of four years and built from the distillery's two house rye recipes — a commingling the family designed to echo the plush, fruit-forward character of historic Maryland-style rye.
The current published blend runs 90% of Willett's high-rye mash bill (74% rye, 11% corn, 15% malted barley) and 10% of its low-rye recipe (51% rye, 34% corn, balance malted barley), both entered into the barrel at a gentle 110 proof. Bottled without dilution, the proof varies by batch — reviewed batches have landed in the low 110s — so the label on each bottle carries the definitive number. Batch variation is a feature, not a bug: with batches this small, each bottling is its own snapshot of the rickhouse, and devotees compare batch codes the way wine drinkers compare vintages. Every drop is Willett's own: distilled, aged, and bottled on the family property in Bardstown, Kentucky.
This is the whiskey that announced Willett's rebirth as a distiller. After decades as Kentucky Bourbon Distillers — the revered independent bottler Even Kulsveen built from 1984 — the family fired its stills again in 2012, and the small batch rye that followed became the first widely available taste of fifth-generation Master Distiller Drew Kulsveen's own make. At Willett, small batch means genuinely small, a fraction of the barrel counts big producers commingle.
For rye drinkers, the four-year small batch is the most accessible expression of a house style that collectors pay dearly to chase through single barrels: cask-strength intensity, estate pedigree, and that distinctive Maryland-leaning sweetness threaded through Kentucky spice. It is the standard-bearer of modern Willett — the bottle to judge the family's distilling, not just its blending, by.
- Size: 750ml
- Proof: Cask strength — varies by batch
- Age: 4 years (minimum)
- Origin: Bardstown, Kentucky (estate distillate)
- Distillery: Willett Distillery
- Whiskey Type: Kentucky Straight Rye Whiskey — small batch
- Mash Bill: Blend of two estate rye recipes: 74% rye/11% corn/15% malted barley and 51% rye/34% corn/balance malted barley (110 barrel entry proof); current published ratio 90/10
- Series: Willett Family Estate — Small Batch Rye
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