Heaven Hill launches historic 7-12 months-Previous Bottled-in-Bond Bourbon within the UK

Heaven Hill Distillery has launched its 7-12 months-Previous Bottled-in-Bond Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey to the UK, a launch that marks the corporate’s ninetieth anniversary and revives one of the vital vital traditions in American whiskey.

The Bottled-in-Bond designation is a cornerstone of Bourbon heritage. Established by the Bottled-in-Bond Act of 1897, it assured high quality and transparency at a time when adulterated whiskey was widespread. To qualify, a whiskey should come from one distilling season at one distillery, be aged for not less than 4 years in a federally bonded warehouse and bottled at 100 proof. These strict requirements stay unchanged and nonetheless supply customers traceability, authenticity and a constant flavour profile. Sustaining such consistency additionally requires foresight in stock, as solely barrels from a single January to June or July to December distilling season could also be batched collectively.

For Heaven Hill, Bottled-in-Bond is greater than a regulatory time period. Certainly one of its founding manufacturers carried the designation and the corporate has since acquired and preserved quite a few historic Bottled-in-Bond labels. In the present day, Heaven Hill produces extra Bottled-in-Bond whiskeys than some other distillery, supported by an enormous ageing stock that ensures every launch meets the designation’s exacting necessities.

The brand new 7-12 months-Previous expression attracts on that heritage. It’s crafted from Heaven Hill’s conventional mashbill, mingled in small batches and bottled at 100 proof, with the D.S.P. numbers of the Bernheim Distillery and the Bardstown bottling home displayed on the label. The entrance label additionally options an illustration of the Previous Heaven Hill Springs Distillery from 1935, underscoring the model’s lengthy lineage.

Within the glass, the 7-12 months-Previous Bottled-in-Bond gives a golden amber hue with aromas of vanilla, honey and caramel. The palate is clean and candy with hints of rye spice, caramel, honey and oak, main into an extended, warming end. The bottle is now obtainable within the UK for £61.75 at The Whisky Change.

Based in Kentucky in 1935 by the Shapira household, Heaven Hill is one in every of America’s foremost whiskey producers, with greater than two million barrels ageing throughout over seventy warehouses. Its award-winning portfolio contains Elijah Craig, Larceny, Evan Williams, Pikesville Rye, Rittenhouse Rye, Previous Fitzgerald and the intensive Bottled-in-Bond assortment. The distillery holds a number of latest business accolades together with consecutive Whisky Journal Distillery of the 12 months titles in 2023 and 2024.

Additional info will be discovered at www.heavenhilldistillery.com