The Kentucky based Heaven Hill Distillery has announced the launch of a new limited-edition expression drawn from one of the most distinctive ageing sites in the distillery’s 90-year history.

Heaven Hill Deatsville 13 Year Old (54.5% ABV) is a Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey, bottled from just 17 barrels aged on the third floor of Rickhouse AA. It represents one of the final opportunities to experience bourbon fully matured at the Deatsville campus before the site transitions out of active ageing.

The Deatsville campus, originally home to the now-closed T.W. Samuels Distillery, has formed part of Heaven Hill’s heritage since the early 1980s, when the company assumed stewardship of the rickhouses. Today, the site comprises nine Heaven Hill-owned rickhouses with capacity to age up to 167,000 barrels.

It is the only Heaven Hill barrel-ageing 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 in through lower openings. This airflow dynamic creates subtle variations in maturation, contributing to Deatsville’s signature influence within Heaven Hill’s ageing inventory. Heaven Hill ages its whiskey across six sites in Kentucky, each imparting its own character based on structure, airflow and environment.

Crafted from a traditional mash bill of 78% corn, 10% rye and 12% malted barley, Heaven Hill Deatsville 13 Year Old Bourbon reflects thirteen years of maturation within this unique structure.

Commenting on the launch, Susan Wahl, Vice President of American Whiskey at Heaven Hill, said: “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. This release pays tribute to the brands, barrels and people who brought those rickhouses to life.”

Heaven Hill Deatsville 13 Year Old will be available exclusively through the Deatsville Tour & Tasting experience from March 12th, for a RRP of $199.99.