The creators of Wild Turkey Bourbon were the Ripy brothers, who first opened up a distillery in 1869. However, the Wild Turkey Bourbon name didn't come along until 47 years later 1940.

Wild Turkey is bringing back a Kentucky bourbon that hasn’t been readily available in the U.S. for nearly 30 years. The Lawrenceburg distillery announced in early April that the cult-favorite ...

A Bourbon with a Global Following Comes Home Interestingly, Wild Turkey 101 8-Year-Old isn’t entirely new—it’s been a hit in export markets like Japan for some time, where it’s built a ...

Jimmy Russell, known as the "Buddha of Bourbon" talks about being the third generation of the Russell family involved in the bourbon industry at the Wild Turkey Distillery in Lawrenceburg, Ky ...

Wild Turkey master distiller Jimmy Russell takes a sip of bourbon drawn from the barrel at a warehouse near Lawrenceburg, Ky., Aug. 22, 2014. [Photo: AP Photo/Bruce Schreiner, File] ...

To reintroduce this bourbon to fans, the distillery is hosting a special event on April 30 from 6:30-9 p.m. Tickets to Wild Turkey 8-Year-Old Release Night are $145.75, and available to buy online ...

Wild Turkey 101 is an affordable fan favorite with a punchy flavor profile. But the bottle hasn’t held an age statement in the United States since 1992. In the ensuing decades, an eight-year-old ...

The new whiskey is certainly recognizable as Wild Turkey bourbon, with the distillery’s typical nutty, leathery notes leading the palate, but there’s a richness and depth to it that goes well ...

Wild Turkey master distiller Jimmy Russell talks about bourbon making as he stands in a warehouse in Lawrenceburg, Ky., Wednesday, June 18, 2008. Credit: AP/Ed Reinke ...

As bourbon fans flocked to the Wild Turkey visitors' center, sitting near the entrance was no ordinary greeter. Jimmy Russell, who has lived through so much of the distillery's rich history, was ...