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Michter s Mourns The Loss Of Master Distiller Emeritus Willie Pratt
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LOUISVILLE, Ky., Dec. 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ It is with profound sadness that Michter s announces the passing yesterday of Master Distiller Emeritus Willie Pratt.
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Born in 1942 to a school teacher mother and a coal miner father living in the town of Hazard in Eastern Kentucky, Willie set out to Louisville to seek employment at age 20. He joined the great distiller Brown-Forman, which paid for his education as he attended evening classes and earned his degree from University of Louisville. Willie worked over four decades in a variety of positions at Brown-Forman, where he served for a period of years on the company s committee studying distillation, cooperage, and aging conditions.