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Heaven Hill Distillery has been perfecting the craft of distilling, aging, and selecting award-winning whiskeys for decades.
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Since 1935, the Shapira family has been at the helm of the largest family-owned and operated distillery in America. Discover their quintessential American success story.
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November 6, 2026
On November 7, 1996, a fire destroyed our original Old Heaven Hill Springs Distillery and seven rickhouses in Bardstown. The next day, Max Shapira, Executive Chairman and second-generation family owner, told our employees that no one would lose their job and that everyone should keep coming to work as usual.
We got through it with a little help from our friends. Fellow Kentucky distillers, who were barely hanging on themselves at the time, offered to shift some of their own production to support us.
“It should have put the company out of business,” says our Master Distiller Conor O’Driscoll. Instead, he says, it’s a story of “how we’ve risen from the ashes, literally and figuratively, and continued to thrive.”
“We’re in this for the long haul,” O’Driscoll reflects. “This is multi-generational.”
Years later, the project that became our Heaven Hill Springs Distillery was named Project Phoenix, and in 2025 it brought our distilling back to Bardstown. As we mark 30 years, we’re sharing the full story through our partnership with Whisky Magazine.
Whisky Magazine’s feature tells the full story, from the night of the fire through the 30 years that followed.
Marrying 18-year-old bourbon with 30-year-old liquid distilled before the flames, this one-time release creates a remarkable connection between Heaven Hill’s past and present BARDSTOWN, Ky. (October 27, 2026) — Thirty years after the 1996 fire at Old Heaven Hill Springs Distillery, Heaven Hill Distillery today introduced Heaven Hill Phoenix, a limited-edition, one-time 18-year-old Kentucky Straight […]
As America marks its 250th anniversary, we’ve partnered with Whisky Magazine to look back at some of the people and decisions behind our first 90 years. Heaven Hill’s story began with our family in Bardstown in 1935. Five brothers, retailers by trade, took a chance on a small distillery, filled their first barrel, and then […]
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