On Tuesday, Wild Turkey Distilling Co. unveiled a special bourbon released to celebrate Master Distiller Jimmy Russell's 70th ...
is the other Wild Turkey master distiller). He told me he really wanted to tie it back to his father and the bourbon’s namesake, who was very close to Russell back in the day through good times ...
Wild Turkey is no stranger to blending bourbon and rye together, though it hasn’t always been on purpose. In 2010, a distillery employee mistakenly blended bourbon and rye stocks together.
Case in point is the new Booker’s Bourbon, which seventh-generation Jim Beam master distiller Fred Noe decided to name after another industry legend, Wild Turkey master distiller Jimmy Russell.