[1] The brand was originally produced by Hiram Walker & Sons (a company owned by Harry C. Hatch at the time) at a distillery in Peoria, Illinois, starting shortly after the end of Prohibition in 1933.

[1][3] The Peoria distillery stopped distilling operations in 1973 and closed completely in 1981.

[1] After the Peoria distillery closed, production moved first to Heaven Hill and later to Barton, both based in Bardstown, Kentucky.

The Sazerac Company acquired Barton, including the Ten High brand, in 2009.

From the early 1980s until the late 2000s, Ten High was a straight Bourbon whiskey.