Long Branch!

• Interesting things about the distillery:
  • The Name came from an Austin Nichols Exec (Who distributed the whiskey made by the ripy’s) who took it on a turkey hunt, and his friends kept asking for that wild turkey bourbon
  • Austin Nichols Was a distributor until 1971, when they Bought the Boulevard Distillery and renamed it Wild Turkey
  • 1980-pernod Richard Purchased
  • May 9, 2000
    • A fire destroyed a warehouse holding 17,000 barrels
    • The Whiskey flowed out on fire, catching the woods on fire, and flowing into the river.
    • The alcohol content in the river caused the water treatment plant to be shut down, boil advisories for the whole area as well as a water shortage
    • 66 miles of river was depleted of oxygen in the water killing 228,000 fish
      • Paid KY Fish an d Wildlife $256,000 to help with fish repopulation
  • 2009 campari purchased
  • 2011 distillery rebuilt 
  • 2013 a bottling facility added (Also bottles SKYY Vodka)
    • Before this Wild Turkey was sent to Indiana and later Arkansas to be bottled)
• Our Bottle: Long Branch
  • Created by eddie Russel and Matthew McConaughey 
  • Uses charcoal filtering with the charcoal from Mesquite and oak charcoal
  • 75% Corn, 13% Rye, 12% Malted Barley
  • Released in 2018
  • Press release says 8 year but no age statement on the bottle
• Matthew McConaughey
  • Hired as creative Director in 2016
  • Highest paid Creative director in history
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• Pipe Pairings: seersucker by Cornell and diehl 
• Cocktails:
• Research Sources
  • https://www.breakingbourbon.com/review/wild-turkey-longbranch
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Turkey_(bourbon)
  • https://www.wildturkeybourbon.com
  • https://www.longbranchbourbon.com/
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