Heaven Hill Distillery has announced the launch of Heaven Hill Deatsville 13-Year-Old Bourbon Whiskey, a limited-edition expression bottled from just 17 barrels aged on the third floor of Rickhouse AA at the distillery’s historic Deatsville campus. The release, priced at $199.99, represents one of the final opportunities to experience bourbon fully matured at the Deatsville site.
The Deatsville campus, originally home to the shuttered T.W. Samuels Distillery, has been part of Heaven Hill’s operations since the early 1980s. The site encompasses 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. The design promotes a natural stack effect, allowing warm air to rise and escape while drawing cooler air inward through openings further down. This airflow dynamic creates subtle maturation differences that contribute to what the distillery describes as “Deatsville’s signature influence”.
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The bourbon is crafted from a mashbill of 78% corn, 10% rye, and 12% malted barley and was matured for 13 years.
“For nearly a century, Heaven Hill has believed that great Bourbon is made by giving barrels the time, space and natural airflow they need to become themselves,” said Susan Wahl, vice president of American whiskey at Heaven Hill. “This release pays tribute to the barrels, brands, and people who brought those rickhouses to life.”
Deatsville barrels have contributed to multiple Heaven Hill expressions over the years. The site played a meaningful role in a large portion of the Parker’s Heritage Collection lineage. The acclaimed 7th Edition “Promise of Hope” and the 11th Edition Single Barrel release both drew from what was Parker Beam’s favorite rickhouse site.
All nine Deatsville rickhouses will transition to regauge-only status over the next couple of years, meaning that barrels will no longer be actively maturing there. Most barrels currently aging at Deatsville will be relocated to other Heaven Hill sites and may be referenced in future releases.
This 13-year-old release is the first chapter in a multi-year tribute to the Deatsville site. Additional releases and commemorative moments are planned through 2027.
Guests will be able to access the private Deatsville rickhouse campus through a new Deatsville Tour & Tasting experience. The tour includes visits to two rickhouse sites, allowing guests to see how structural differences impact flavor profiles. Early access to the Deatsville 13-Year-Old Bourbon Whiskey will be exclusively available through this tour. Tickets go on sale March 15 through the Heaven Hill Bourbon Experience website.
Heaven Hill maintains more than two million barrels aging across Kentucky. The distillery holds the second-largest inventory of aging American whiskey in the United States. As the company continues to invest in new rickhouses across the Commonwealth, the Deatsville campus stands as a distinctive chapter whose influence will live on in the whiskey it helped mature.
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