According to the distillery, Wattie Boone was the first person to be documented producing bourbon in Kentucky. Preservation Distillery decided to honor this legacy by creating this single barrel whiskey which was distilled at an unknown distillery in Tennessee and aged for 7 years in Kentucky.

Wattie Boone & Sons 7-Year American Whiskey is bottled at 94.7 proof Wattie Boone & Sons According to historians, Wattie Boone was the first person documented to have made bourbon in Kentucky, along the Beechfork just behind Preservation Distillery

Honoring Wattie’s bourbon legacy and historic journey up the Appalachian Trail, we’ve released our first single barrel of Wattie Boone whiskey. Made in Tennessee and aged in Kentucky, this is a luscious 7 yr old whiskey worth tasting.