What kind of whiskey is the Parker's Heritage Collection 18th Edition?
The Parker's Heritage Collection 18th Edition, Heaven Hill Distillery's 2024 release, is a 14-year-old Kentucky Straight Malt Whiskey finished in reconstructed heavy toast Cognac barrels. Its mash bill is 65% malted barley and 35% corn, which makes it a malt whiskey rather than a bourbon, a category that requires at least 51% corn.
How strong is the 2024 Parker's Heritage Collection?
Heaven Hill bottled the 2024 Parker's Heritage Collection, the series' 18th Edition, at 107 proof, which is 53.5% ABV. The 14-year-old malt whiskey was non-chill filtered at bottling.
How was the 2024 Parker's Heritage Collection finished?
Heaven Hill Distillery finished the malt whiskey in the 2024 Parker's Heritage Collection 18th Edition for almost four months in larger, reconstructed heavy toast Cognac barrels, which aged on the fifth floor of Rickhouse H1. The whiskey had been barreled in March 2009 and aged on the fourth floor of Rickhouse O and the sixth floor of Rickhouse Q, and the edition was made in partnership with Master Blender Alain Royer.
Which Parker's Heritage Collection edition followed the 18th Edition?
The 19th Edition, released in 2025, followed the Parker's Heritage Collection 18th Edition. Heaven Hill Distillery made it an 11-year-old Kentucky Straight American Whiskey blended from a wheated bourbon, a corn whiskey and a whiskey of rye and malted barley, bottled at 122.5 proof, where the 2024 edition is one malt whiskey with a Cognac barrel finish.