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 Distilling Company, a name that’s been synonymous with bold Kentucky bourbon for decades, has just given its fans something to cheer about. In April 2025, the distillery rolled out Wild ...

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] ...

The 89-year-old Russell, known affectionately as the “Buddha of Bourbon,” marked his 70th anniversary at the distillery on Tuesday. For nearly a half-century, he was master distiller at Wild ...

18. Wild Turkey American Spirit 15-Year-Old Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey (2007) Wild Turkey ABV: 50% Average Price: $1,500 The Whiskey: The thing to know about Wild Turkey American Spirit is ...

FILE - Wild Turkey master distiller Jimmy Russell talks about bourbon making as he stands in a warehouse in Lawrenceburg, Ky., Wednesday, June 18, 2008. (AP Photo/Ed Reinke, File) Ed Reinke ...

So let’s get to the whiskey at hand. Generations is a fantastic bourbon, no question, and at 120.8 proof it’s also the highest proof Wild Turkey release.

LAWRENCEBURG, Ky. (AP) — 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 ...

Wild Turkey - owned by the Italian-based Campari Group, which purchased the brand from French liquor company Pernod Ricard in 2009 - now produces 700 to 800 barrels of whiskey daily, stored in ...

Wild Turkey — owned by the Italian-based Campari Group, which purchased the brand from French liquor company Pernod Ricard in 2009 — now produces 700 to 800 barrels of whiskey daily, stored in ...

LAWRENCEBURG, Ky. (AP) — 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 ...