1783 Small Batch (750 ml)

Evan Williams 1783 Small Batch takes its name from the year Evan Williams established Kentucky's first commercial distillery on the banks of the Ohio River in Louisville — a founding date Heaven Hill deliberately invokes to position this expression above their standard black-label line. The whiskey is produced at Heaven Hill's Bernheim Distillery in Louisville, where the distillery draws on a limestone-filtered water supply that strips iron and softens the mineral profile of the mash. The mash bill is a high-corn Kentucky straight bourbon recipe, fermented with Heaven Hill's proprietary yeast strain before double distillation in column and doubler stills. The small-batch designation indicates a blend of a select number of barrels — rather than a single barrel or mass-blended run — drawn from multiple warehouse locations to balance the heat of upper-floor rickhouse barrels against the slower-maturing lower floors. What separates 1783 from commodity-tier bourbon is the deliberate barrel selection process targeting mid-maturation profiles, delivering caramel and toasted oak without the aggressive tannin extraction of older expressions. Drink now through the near term; no extended cellaring required.