Introduction: Unpacking Heaven Hill’s Bourbon Empire Heaven Hill may not always be the flashiest name on the shelf, but it's one of the most quietly dominant distilleries in the bourbon world. Founded in 1935 by the Shapira family in Bardstown, Kentucky—just two years after the end of Prohibition—Heaven Hill has…
Introduction Few names in bourbon history carry the vintage weight and reverence of Old Fitzgerald. First introduced in 1870 by John E. Fitzgerald, the brand eventually came under the stewardship of the legendary Julian “Pappy” Van Winkle Sr., who began producing it at the iconic Stitzel-Weller Distillery in the early…