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Wild Turkey Master's Keep 1894 Bourbon Whiskey (750ml)

Kentucky, UNITED STATES
$399. 00
Bottle
$4788.00 Dozen
ABV: 45%

Note: Product has come from a private collection and as such may have some minor scuffing/scratches/handling marks. Actual product not pictured.

This is the third release in the Master's Keep series, which according to Eddie Russell, was never intended to be ongoing, but "...once we saw how nice the new bottle design had turned out, we knew we wanted to keep using it!"

 

Around 10,000 bottles of Master's Keep 1894 were released globally, composed from sixty hand-selected barrels, laid to rest over the last 6-13 years resulting in a whiskey with layers of toffee, honey, candied pear, stewed apples, spice, subtle oak and vanilla.

 

When Eddie Russel visited Australia to promote the new release, he explained the significance of 1894, as recounted by whiskyledger.com: "It was in that year that the oldest rickhouse at Wild Turkey was constructed, now simply known as Rickhouse A. Fast forward nearly 100 years to the year 1981. A spritely 21 year old Eddie Russell has just started his first job at the distillery in the summer as a General Helper (yes, that was his official title!), pocketing the princely sum of $6.58 an hour. He’s been there for a full week now and on his second Friday of work, he noticed a group of guys knocking off around 3.30pm and heading into one of the rickhouses. The invite him along and it’s here that he gets his first taste of whiskey straight from the barrel. That warehouse was Rickhouse A. To this day, Eddie claims it was the best bourbon he’s ever tasted and so he decided to dedicate this release to that memorable moment. You may have guessed it already, but all of the whiskey in the new Master’s Keep 1894 has been hand-selected by Eddie Russell, exclusively from Rickhouse A." Bottled at 45% Alc./Vol. Extremely limited stocks.