All bourbon has a back story, but some is more interesting than others. Take, for example, the new Heaven Hill Deatsville 13-year-old whiskey. The limited-edition release was bottled from 17 barrels that aged on the third floor of Rickhouse AA, one of nine on the Deatsville property.
Heaven Hill said this about the Deatsville expression: “Bottled from just 17 barrels aged on the third floor of Rickhouse AA, this release represents one of the final few opportunities to experience bourbon fully matured entirely at the Deatsville campus before the site transitions out of active aging.”
Heaven Hill Deatsville Bourbon Whiskey
Mash bill: 78% corn, 10% rye, and 12% malted barley
Age: 13-Year-Old
SRP: $199.99.
The Heaven Hill Deatsville campus
- Originally home to the shuttered T.W. Samuels Distillery.
- An enduring part of Heaven Hill’s heritage since the early 1980s, when the company first assumed stewardship of the rickhouses.
- Today, the site encompasses nine Heaven Hill owned rickhouses with capacity for aging a total of 167,000 barrels.
- It is the only Heaven Hill barrel aging campus constructed with tiered roof architecture, a distinctive design that promotes a natural stack effect, allowing warm air to rise and escape while drawing cooler air inward through lower openings. This airflow dynamic creates subtle differences in maturation, contributing to Deatsville’s signature influence within Heaven Hill’s aging inventory.
- Heaven Hill ages whiskey across six distinct warehouse sites in Kentucky, each imparting its own character based on structure, airflow, and environment.
- Over the decades, Deatsville barrels contributed to multiple Heaven Hill expressions and played a meaningful role in a large portion of the Parker’s Heritage Collection lineage.
Source: Heaven Hill Distillery
"For nearly a century, Heaven Hill has believed that great Bourbon is made by giving barrels the time, space and natural airflow they need to become themselves. This release pays tribute to the barrels, brands, and people who brought those rickhouses to life.”
ABOUT HEAVEN HILL DISTILLERY:
(From the distillery) Founded in Kentucky by the Shapira family in 1935, Heaven Hill Distillery continues its legacy as one of the foremost American Whiskey producers. Heaven Hill has cultivated the traditions and history of America’s Native Spirit with its fierce independence, passionate family ownership, dedication to quality, and thoughtful innovation. Today, Heaven Hill Distillery maintains over 2 million barrels aging in nearly 70 warehouses throughout Nelson and Jefferson Counties. It is home to an award-winning collection of American Whiskeys including Elijah Craig Bourbon, Larceny Bourbon, Evan Williams Bourbon, Pikesville Rye Whiskey, Rittenhouse Rye Whisky, Parker’s Heritage Collection, and Old Fitzgerald along with its extensive Bottled-in-Bond label collection. Heaven Hill Distillery currently holds the title of 2024 and 2023 Whisky Magazine Distillery of the Year and 2023 World’s Best Small Batch Bourbon from the Icons of Whisky, as well as the 2022 Large Spirits Producer of the Year from the Ascot Awards. Heaven Hill Distillery held the title of 2020 Whisky Advocate Whisky of the Year, the second Whisky of the Year for Heaven Hill Distillery in the past four years. In 2019 Heaven Hill Distillery was named San Francisco World Spirits Competition Distillery of the Year, Best in Show Whisky, and previously held the titles of 2018 San Francisco Spirits Word Spirits Competition Best Bourbon, 2016 Whisky Magazine Distillery of the Year. For more information, please visit www.heavenhilldistillery.com.
