Kentucky Bourbon Distilleries

At the end of Prohibition, Lambert Willet was the superintendent of the newly renovated Max Selliger & Co. Distillery, and his son A.L. Thompson Willett was assistant superintendent. Shortly after, Thompson left to build the Willett Distilling Co. and on 17th March 1936, produced its first batch of 300 bushels (~30 barrels). The whiskey was stored in one of eight warehouses each capable of holding between 5,000-6,000 barrels (total capacity 48,623), and built on some of the highest ground in the county, assuring that a fresh breeze would aid in the maturation of the whiskey. Then on 1st July 1984, Even G. Kulsveen, son-in-law to Thompson Willett, purchased the property and formed Kentucky Bourbon Distillers, Ltd., which Even’s family runs today.