Willett Family Estate Single Barrel 11 Year Old Rye Whiskey #1477 Pac Edge SoCal 2026

Willett Family Estate Single Barrel 11 Year Old Rye Whiskey #1477 Pac Edge SoCal 2026 is a single-barrel Kentucky straight rye from the Willett Distillery in Bardstown, Kentucky, selected for Pacific Edge’s Southern California program and bottled at barrel proof, 109.8 proof (54.9% ABV), in a 750mL bottle. One hand-selected white oak barrel — barrel #1477 — aged eleven years and was estate bottled with no blending and no chill filtration, so every bottle carries that one cask’s character and none of it can be repeated. It is available to order online at Del Mesa Liquor.

• Proof / ABV: 109.8 proof (54.9% ABV), barrel proof
• Size: 750mL
• Age: 11 years, single barrel #1477
• Selection: Pac Edge SoCal 2026 release, estate bottled, non-chill filtered
• Origin: Bardstown, Kentucky, USA

One Barrel, Bottled as It Slept

The Family Estate line is Willett’s single-barrel program: the Kulsveen family hand-selects individual barrels of its Bardstown-distilled bourbon and rye, and each is bottled uncut at cask strength with its barrel number and age written on the label. This Pac Edge SoCal 2026 selection drew barrel #1477 at eleven years — deep into the range where Kentucky rye trades raw spice for layered, oak-driven complexity, while 109.8 proof keeps real cask presence without burying the nuance. When this barrel is gone, it is gone. Hunt more single barrels across our rye whiskey shelves and the American whiskey range.

Tasting Notes

Warm baking spice and rich caramel lead, with dark dried fruit and toasted oak underneath. The rye bite arrives as black pepper through the middle, and the finish is long and complex — the pour rewards drinking slowly and revisiting as it opens in the glass.

How to Enjoy

Neat in a Glencairn, rested, is the way to meet a barrel like this; a few drops of water will stretch the dried fruit and spice. It is a bottle for sharing selectively. Browse the rest of the Willett family’s work in our whisky collection and more allocated pours across spirits.

Frequently Asked Questions

What makes this bottle different from other Willett 11 year ryes?
The barrel. This is barrel #1477, bottled for the Pac Edge SoCal 2026 selection at 109.8 proof — a different cask from every other Family Estate rye, including barrels Del Mesa has carried before, and single barrels are never blended or repeated.

Is it chill filtered?
No — it is estate bottled at barrel proof without chill filtration, exactly as the cask gave it.

How strong is it?
109.8 proof (54.9% ABV), in a 750mL bottle.

Find Willett Family Estate Single Barrel 11 Year Old Rye #1477 at Del Mesa Liquor in San Diego, CA — one barrel, one selection, no second run.