[2] Heaven Hill was founded by several investors shortly after the repeal of Prohibition in 1935, including a prominent distiller, Joseph L. Beam, and a member of the Shapira family.

In the past two decades the company has expanded its portfolio, acquiring brands or obtaining import rights for gins, malt whiskey, vodkas, and other drinks.

Witnesses reported seeing whiskey barrels explode and rocket across the sky like shooting stars ... a two-mile long stretch of the creek that supplied process water to the distillery was set ablaze for a brief time.

"[9] The company survived the next several years through the provision of production capacity by its fellow local bourbon labels, Brown–Forman and Jim Beam, until its purchase and adaptation of the Bernheim distillery in Louisville (registered plant DSP-KY-1[6]) from Diageo in 1999.

With the 2003 acquisition of distribution rights to Hpnotiq, Heaven Hill greatly expanded their product base beyond bourbon.

In November 2018, Heaven Hill announced a $65m multi-year investment into expanding operations, which includes a renovation of the Bourbon Heritage Center.

Heaven Hill's beverage brands include:[23][24]Bourbon whiskey: Cabin Still, Elijah Craig, Evan Williams, Fighting Cock.

Brown, Larceny (wheated), Old Fitzgerald (wheated), Parker's Heritage Collection, Widow Jane Corn whiskey: Georgia Moon, Mellow Corn Rye whiskey: Pikesville, Rittenhouse Wheat whiskey: Bernheim Original FEW : Bourbon, Rye, Single Malt, American Whiskey Canadian whisky: Black Velvet Aperitif: Dubonnet Brandy: Christian Brothers, Sacred Bond Cognac: Ansac Liqueur: Carolans, Copa De Oro, Coronet VSQ, Fulton's Harvest, Hpnotiq, Irish Mist, PAMA Rum: Admiral Nelson, Blackheart Tequila: Lunazul, Two Fingers Vodka: Burnett's, Deep Eddy, Du Bouchett