According to the distillery, Wattie Boone was the first person to be documented producing bourbon in the state of Kentucky. Preservation Distillery decided to honor this legacy by creating this small batch whiskey, which was distilled at an unknown distillery in Tennessee and aged for 9 years in Kentucky. The distillery has previously released a 7-year and 8-year expression, and recently began offering a single barrel program for their flagship American whiskey