Whisky Advocate: Heaven Hill Celebrates New Bardstown Distillery

From 1935 until 1996, Kentucky distiller Heaven Hill made its whiskey at its original distillery, Old Heaven Hill Springs, in Bardstown. On November 7, 1996, that distillery was destroyed by fire. Since then, Heaven Hill has produced its whiskey at its Bernheim Distillery in Louisville, but it had a homecoming of sorts this past April, when it filled its first barrel at the brand new Heaven Hill Springs Distillery in Bardstown, built on a $200 million investment.

With the new distillery now fully operational, Heaven Hill has marked the milestone with a new Bourbon that ties together its past and present. Heaven Hill Master Distillers Unity is a 27-barrel blend of Bourbons that includes one 34-year-old “pre-fire” barrel—the very last one Heaven Hill had in its arsenal—distilled in 1991 by then-master distiller Parker Beam. Whisky Advocate has the full story.

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