Drink of the Week: Heaven Hill Bottled-in-Bond

The brand new Heaven Hill Bottled-in-Bond is an homage to Heaven Hill’s first launch of Bottled-in-Bond in 1939. Immediately, Heaven Hill produces extra bottled-in-bond merchandise than every other distillery. And this bourbon continues to be produced based on the requirements established within the Bottled-in-Bond act of 1897, which dictates {that a} BIB whiskey should be the product of 1 distillery and distilled throughout only one distillation season, which might run from January-June or July-December. It should be aged for a minimum of 4 years. It should be bottled at precisely 100 proof. And it should bear the title and variety of the Distilled Spirits Plant (D.S.P.) the place it was produced, and, if totally different, the D.S.P. variety of the bottling facility.

This Heaven Hill Bottled-in-Bond is a part of an unique line of merchandise that bear the Heaven Hill title. For this new launch that’s now out there nationally, Heaven Hill created a label impressed by classic design and previous Heaven Hill Bottled-in-Bond bottles. The middle of the label contains a hand-sketched illustration of Heaven Hill’s authentic distillery in Bardstown, Kentucky. The second label close to the bottle’s base names the Distilled Spirits Crops used to provide and bottle the bourbon, important for Bottled-in-Bond certification. On the again is the phrase The Better of the Nice Kentucky Bourbons, which was on the unique label and has appeared in Heaven Hill promoting for the reason that Thirties.

Heaven Hill Bottled-in-Bond goes past the four-year growing older requirement and is aged for seven years, yielding a clean and wealthy whiskey with layers of caramel and honey that meet touches of oak, spice, and char. Sip it over ice or combine it in a up to date or traditional cocktail, just like the Boulevardier. Both approach, this will likely be a whiskey to savor all through fall and winter. $48, caskers.com