This is for the Wild Turkey fans, like me.
Wild Turkey History
1855 - Friend P Fitts returns to New York from the Gold Rush
in California and start an import business (Beverage
Media Blue Book, History of Austin Nichols & Co.).
1880 - The company had already moved five times to larger
accomidations (Bev Med Blue Book, History).
1891 - T B Ripy owns a distillery in Tyrone, Kentucky (Wine and Spirits Bulletin, Jan. 1891).
1934 - The Austin, Nichols company enters the liquor industry
with arrangements to import wine and liquor (Bev Med
Blue Book, History).
o - The company starts to produce its own blends, cordials
and gins (Bev Med Blue Book, History).
1938 - The company sells all of its grocery business to
concentrate on the liquor business (Bev Med Blue Book,
History).
1942 - Austin, Nichols first begins to bottle Wild Turkey (Liquor Store Magazine, Feb., 1970).
1971 - Austin, Nichols purchases a distillery in Lawrenceburg,
Ky. to produce Wild Turkey. (Before this Wild Turkey
was simply bulk whiskey purchased on the open market).
(World Guide to Whiskey, Jackson).
o - Wild Turkey decanters are first placed on the market
(World Guide to Whiskey, Jackson).
1983 - Wild Turkey is producing three ceramic decanters a year
(World Guide to Whiskey, Jackson).
1993 - Wild Turkey introduces its "Kentucky Coolers" mixed Cocktails (Mike Veach, 3/29/1994).
1996 - Wild Turkey Kentucky Spirit wins the "Best of the Year" award for 1995 from the "Malt Advocate" Magazine (Malt Advocate, Vol 5, No.1, 1996, p.20).
Mike Veach