Wild Turkey – 101 Proof Kentucky Straight Rye (70cl, 50.5%)

This is Wild Turkey 101 Proof Kentucky Straight Rye, bottled at 50.5% ABV in a 70cl bottle. Wild Turkey is one of the few Kentucky distilleries that distil their own rye whiskey. The 101 proof rye was launched in 1950, when the whiskey was sourced from Maryland, Pennsylvania and Illinois. The first rye was distilled at Wild Turkey itself in 1974. The distillery in Lawrenceburg, Kentucky, was built in 1935 by the Ripy Brothers, and Jimmy Russell has been master distiller there since 1954.