Isn’t Wild Turkey still in Bourbon county? I thought Jim Beam was as well. I didn’t know about the county being cut up. I’ve also heard that the rules for being bourbon have been relaxed in recent years. For all I know its down to merely being four years old. Sad, that.
My spirit of choice is Wild Turkey Rare Breed, or Russell’s Reserve. In a pinch I’ll settle for 101, but I really prefer the others. Rare Breed is a ten-year old single barrel, barrel proof bourbon. Proof is usually about 107 to 110 depending on the batch. It’s very, very smooth. Best neat or over a little ice.
Russell’s Reserve is also ten years old, but it’s a blend of ten year old barrels, and it is diluted down to either 90 proof or 80 proof versions. It’s also very smooth and nice to drink. Doesn’t creep up and grab your medulla oblongata and shake it like rare breed tends to do.
The original Bourbon County comprised most of eastern Kentucky and has since been divided into 34 counties. Wild Turkey is based in Lawrenceburg, which is in present-day Anderson County.