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Each year, our master distiller works with Beck’s Hybrids to select a new corn seed varietal. That corn seed varietal is proudly displayed on the label, along with the unique mashbill that is different from our traditional Rye Whiskey mashbill.
Proof: Varies
Age: 6 Years Old
The first edition of Heaven Hill Grain to Glass Kentucky Straight Rye Whiskey aged for six years in rickhouse W3 on the third, fourth and fifth floors. It was bottled at barrel proof without chill filtration at 123.2 proof. The corn seed varietal chosen for this release was Beck’s 6158.
Tawnie Gootee Master Taster
For added transparency, every bottle in the Heaven Hill
Grain to Glass line of Whiskey will bear a label that shares
in-depth liquid and production information. The exact
details will change with each release.
For added transparency, every bottle
in the Heaven Hill Heritage
Collection
will bear a label that shares in-depth
liquid and production
information.
The exact details will change with
each collection.
For added transparency, every bottle
in the Heaven Hill Heritage
Collection
will bear a label that shares in-depth
liquid and production
information.
The exact details will change with
each collection.
Each year, our master distiller works with Beck’s Hybrids to choose a new seed with varying attributes that grows best in Kentucky soil. We proudly display the specific corn seed hybrid used for each product on the label.
In total, we pulled 239 barrels from four rickhouse locations. Of those, 52 were casualty barrels, meaning over the years they’d become empty or off-taste. Only 188 barrels were ultimately blended and bottled for this edition.
Although this mingling includes 19- and 20-year-old Bourbons, this limited release is required to carry the age statement of the youngest, 17-year-old Bourbon. Production dates and percentages of each age are included on the label.
Each product features a unique mashbill, different from our traditional Wheated Bourbon mashbill in its higher wheat content.
The requirements for corn whiskey, distilled from a mash of at least 80% corn, are unlike any other straight whiskey. While there is no age requirement, if aged it must be done in one of two ways: either in a used, charred oak barrel, or a new oak barrel that has never been charred. This release highlights the best qualities of our traditional corn whiskey mashbill.
In total, we pulled 110 barrels from the third floor of rickhouse 1K. Located on the same campus as our historic Bernheim Distillery, 1K is one of the seven brick rickhouses at Heaven Hill made from brick. Together they hold 415,787 barrels.
This release is comprised of 20-year-old barrels, produced in October of 2002, and bottled in October of 2022.
Distilled Spirits Plant (D.S.P.) KY-1 is our Bernheim Distillery in Louisville and our bottling plant in Bardstown is D.S.P. KY-31.
Each year, our master distiller works with Beck’s Hybrids to choose a new seed with varying attributes that grows best in Kentucky soil. We proudly display the specific corn seed hybrid used for each product on the label.
The distillation year or the year the product was made at our Bernheim Distillery in Louisville, Kentucky is shown on every label.
Our Whiskey is aged until our master distiller determines it’s ready for bottling. The year it is released is noted on the label for each edition.
Each product features a unique mashbill, different from our traditional Rye Whiskey mashbill in its higher rye content.
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