The Willett Distillery has a very long history and can be a post in its own right, but the story of this bottle, the Willett Family Estate Straight Rye Whiskey, is much shorter. After sourcing whiskey for a number of years the Willett Distillery started distilling in earnest again in 2012. I happened to visit the distillery in 2017 with a friend and picked up this bottle, which I swear I had opened at some point over the past ~5 years, but upon opening the tube last night, apparently I had not! So I have a fresh review for a 3 year old Rye that I bought 5 years ago which had to have been made within Willett’s first 2 years of distilling. Confused? Me too.