The Parker’s Heritage Collection is produced by Heaven Hill as an honorarium to Parker Beam. In 1975, Beam continued the tradition when he was named the 6th generation Master Distiller at Heaven Hill Distillery. Parker Beam was diagnosed with ALS in 2010 and passed away after a 7-year battle with the disease.

Parker’s Heritage 11-Year Old Heavy Char Wheat Whiskey is the 15th edition of the annual ultra-premium release from Heaven Hill. This whiskey is made from the traditional Heaven Hill Wheat Whiskey mash bill of 51% wheat, 37% corn, and 12% malted barley. According to Heaven Hill, this release is comprised of 75 barrels charred for one minute and 30 seconds (Level 5), as opposed to the traditional 40 second char (Level 3) for Heaven Hill, the Wheat Whiskey reached peak maturation after 11 years on the sixth floor of Rickhouse Y.