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Woodford Reserve Distillery was founded in 1838 by Reverend Elijah Craig and is the oldest Kentucky bourbon distillery still in operation today. Under the stewardship of Craig’s oldest son (Oscar Pepper) and master distiller James Crow, the Woodford Reserve Distillery reformed and modernized the process of producing whiskey in the United States – the distillery introduced the concepts of sour mash, yeast propagation and copper pot distillation.

Today, nearly two centuries later, Chris Morris – Woodford Reserve’s seventh master distiller – pays homage to Pepper and Crow with the Woodford Reserve Master’s Collection, an annual release of a whiskey crafted by Morris specifically to honor the distillery’s innovative and pioneering history. Morris, who began working at Woodford Reserve Distillery when he was just 16 years old, is one of the foremost experts in the production and maturation of whiskey and samples up to 180 unique whiskies each day.