We live in an era of great expansion in the whiskey world. New bottlings and distilleries are coming along all the time. In Kentucky, though, there are still some left from the old school, those who’ve been through the thin and thick and thin of it again as the industry has gone through its highs and lows. Perhaps most senior of this group, and certainly among the most respected, is Wild Turkey master distiller Jimmy Russell. The man is a force of whiskey nature, still involved as he can be in his golden years helping to produce bourbon and…