Heaven Hill Underlines Its Deatsville Matured Bourbon With New Offering

Heaven Hill Distillery has announced the release of a limited edition, middle aged bourbon underlining the special qualities of one of the company’s distinctive warehouse properties: Heaven Hill Deatsville 13-Year-Old Bourbon Whiskey. Bottled from just 17 barrels aged on the third floor of Deatsville’s Rickhouse AA, this will be among the last bourbons aged from start to finish in that historic building.

The Deatsville campus was originally the site of the shuttered T.W. Samuels Distillery, and was acquired by Heaven Hill in the 1980s. Today’s property hosts nine 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.

The MSRP for this limited release will be $199.99.

As part of Heaven Hill’s long-term stewardship of its aging assets, all nine Deatsville rickhouses will transition to regauge-only status over the next 12–24 months, marking the gradual aging out of the campus from active maturation. The buildings will remain standing and secure. Heaven Hill continues to invest in new rickhouses across the Commonwealth which will impart their own unique characteristics to our aging barrels. Most barrels currently aging at Deatsville will be relocated to other Heaven Hill sites and may be referenced in future releases as having spent a portion of their maturation at Deatsville. This 13-Year-Old release is the first chapter in a multi-year tribute to the Deatsville site, with additional releases and commemorative moments planned through 2027.

In a rare opportunity, guests will be able to access the private Deatsville rickhouse campus through a Deatsville Tour & Tasting experience. The tour includes visits to two rickhouse sites, allowing guests to see firsthand how structural differences—including Deatsville’s tiered roof design—impact maturation and flavor development. Early access to the Deatsville 13-Year-Old Bourbon Whiskey will be exclusively available through this tour experience. Tickets for this tour will be available beginning on March 15 through the Heaven Hill Bourbon Experience website.