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 ...

Jimmy Russell, Wild Turkey's master distiller “It was really about going back to his roots, so we really looked to try to match what Wild Turkey was about back in the ’50s and ’60s and ...

Wild Turkey honors the world's longest-serving active spirits Master Distiller with a celebration including the release of Jimmy Russell's 70 th Anniversary 8-Year-Old Bourbon, a limited-edition ...

Associate Blender Bruce Russell. The famous Wild Turkey brand name first came about back in 1940 when distillery executive Thomas McCarthey took a few warehouse samples on a Wild Turkey hunting ...

When bourbon fans enter the Wild Turkey visitors’ center in Kentucky, they might be welcomed by Jimmy Russell LAWRENCEBURG, Ky. -- As bourbon fans flocked to the Wild Turkey visitors' center ...

Russell, who will turn 90 in November, set foot in Wild Turkey’s distillery on September 10, 1954, and from day one he’s been a steward of some of the best bourbon whiskey coming out of Kentucky.