Description
Wild Turkey Kentucky Straight Bourbon 1988. The Wild Turkey distillery, then known as Boulevard, was built in 1935 by the Ripy Brothers in Lawrenceburg, Kentucky. The Wild Turkey brand name originated around 1941 when some, shared on a hunting trip, was referred to as "some of that wild turkey whiskey." It is distilled and bottled by the Austin Nichols company, which purchased the Ripy distillery in 1972. This 8-year-old expression was bottled in 1988 during the 'Glut Era' of bourbon.