Heaven Hill Kentucky Blended Whiskey |
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| Type | Blended whiskey |
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| Manufacturer | Heaven Hill |
| Country of origin | Kentucky, United States |
| Alcohol by volume | 40% |
| Proof | 80 |
| Related products | Heaven Hill |
Heaven Hill Kentucky Whiskey is an American blended whiskey produced in Bardstown, Kentucky by Heaven Hill Distilleries. The company sells a variety of blended whiskeys and straight bourbons in 16 oz (1 pint), 750ml, and 1-liter glass bottles, and in 1.75L plastic bottles.
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"Unlike Heaven Hill Bourbon, which is a 100% straight bourbon and can only be made with uncut natural ingredients that include corn, malted barley and rye, Heaven Hill blended whiskeys can employ a less expensive and wider range of ingredients and production methods. In fact, Heaven Hill Kentucky Whiskey is only 20% Kentucky Bourbon and 80% neutral grain spirits (similar to grain alcohol with no color or smell)".[1] Neutral grain spirits can be aged in used oak barrels or not aged at all, while bourbon must be aged a minimum of four years in newly-charred oak barrels.
Heaven Hill Distilleries produce five other blended whiskies: Gukenheimer, Kentucky Deluxe, Kentucky Beau, T. W. Samuels and Wilson; and 16 brands of Bourbon: Cabin Still, Daniel Stewart, Echo Springs, Elijah Craig, Evan Williams, Heaven Hill, Henry McKenna, Fighting Cock, J. T. S. Brown, J. W. Dant, Mattingly & Moore, Old Fitzgerald, Old Heaven Hill, Parker's Heritage Collection and T. W. Samuels.
The Shapira family founded Heaven Hill Distilleries at Bardstown during the Depression, and at the end of Prohibition, to distill, warehouse, bottle and market whiskey and bourbon. Initially, the whiskey produced was unbranded, and the business had no whiskey stockpiles. After a few decades with little name recognition, but providing a relatively inexpensive product, the company has become the largest independent family-owned and operated producer of distilled spirits in the country,[2] and the seventh largest supplier of spirits in North America. Heaven Hill claims to hold the second largest warehouse stockpile of aged Bourbon in the world, with over 800,000 barrels.