A Century of American Whiskey

Kentucky Owl Straight Bourbon Batch #7

Distilled and bottled in Bardstown, Kentucky, this is \"the wise man's bourbon.\" Kentucky Owl was a 2014 re-addition to the world of American whisky, as the original Dedman family distillery was left high and dry by prohibition in the 1920s and its stock infamously looted by none other than Al Capone himself. Revived by great-grandson, Dixon Dedman, the Kentucky owl is back and flying higher than ever. While the Kentucky Owl brand remains a sourced bourbon from other distilleries, it was purchased by the Stoli Group in 2017 who broke the ground for construction of the Kentucky Owl Park distilling that same year. Distilling is scheduled to begin in 2020. Originally only available in the state of Kentucky, the brand received its first national and global product launch in 2019.

Kentucky Owl 11 Year Old Small Batch Rye #1

Distilled and bottled in Bardstown, Kentucky, this is \"the wise man's rye.\" Kentucky Owl is a recent re-addition to the world of American whisky, as the original Dedman family distillery was left high and dry after prohibition in the 1920's and its stock infamously looted by none other than Al Capone himself. Revived by great grandson Dixon Dedman, the Kentucky owl is back and flying higher than ever.

This 11 year old is from batch no. 1 and was bottled in July 2017 at 110.6 US proof.

While the Kentucky Owl brand remains a sourced whiskey from other distilleries, it was recently purchased by the Stoli Group who have announced plans to build a Kentucky Owl distilling complex in Kentucky in the not-too-distant future.

King Kamehameha Hawaii 6 Year Old Kentucky Straight Bourbon 2003

A bottle of six year old bourbon to celebrate King Kamehameha I who was the founder and first ruler of the Kingdom of Hawaii. He reigned as king of the Islands from 1782 - 1819. The bourbon itself was bottled in 2003 by Heaven Hill.

Heaven Hill was established by a group of private investors in 1935, following the repeal of Prohibition a few years earlier. Among the founders was distiller, Joseph L. Beam, and a member of the Shapira family. As the company grew, the Shapira's eventually acquired sole ownership of it, and their descendants still run it today. In a similar dynastic vein, Joe Beam remained master distiller despite the Shapira takeover, and members of his family have occupied the role ever since. The Old Heavenhill Springs distillery, later renamed simply as Heaven Hill, which was located in Bardstown, Kentucky. It was sadly lost in a devastating fire in 1996, and the company had no distillery for the next three years. They were however permitted to rent stills at Jim Beam and Brown-Forman in order to maintain production, and this is some of the rare bourbon distilled in that period. They eventually acquired the newly refurbished Bernheim distillery from Diageo in 1999, which has been their home ever since.

Kentucky Deluxe 8 Year Old Straight Bourbon 1989

This is a mid-1980s bottling of Kentucky Deluxe, a brand produced at Heaven Hill.

Heaven Hill was established by a group of private investors in 1935, following the repeal of Prohibition a few years earlier. Among the founders was distiller, Joseph L. Beam, and a member of the Shapira family. As the company grew, the Shapira's eventually acquired sole ownership of it, and their descendants still run it today. In a similar dynastic vein, Joe Beam remained master distiller despite the Shapira takeover, and members of his family have occupied the role ever since. This was produced at the Old Heavenhill Springs distillery, later renamed simply as Heaven Hill, which was located in Bardstown, Kentucky. It was sadly lost in a devastating fire in 1996, and bourbon made there has become increasingly sought after as the years pass. The company had no distillery for the next three years, but were permitted to rent stills at Jim Beam and Brown-Forman in order to maintain production. They eventually acquired the newly refurbished Bernheim distillery from Diageo in 1999, which has been their home ever since.

Kentucky Deluxe is a charcoal filtered whiskey, a practice known as the Lincoln County Process and often better associated with Tennessee Whiskies such as Jack Daniel's. This often leads to a common misconception, likely deliberately promoted by some distillers, that whiskey produced in this fashion cannot be called bourbon.