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Dylan Expands Heaven's Door Whiskey
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Executive Summary
Heaven's Door grows with Dylan-led packaging, new Kentucky sites, and limited releases aimed at wider travel retail and export markets.
- Heaven's Door began in 2017 and started shipping the same year
- Bob Dylan remains involved in liquid development and packaging decisions
- The brand has expanded into Kentucky with Ascension bourbon shipping in July
- A Louisville brand home is planned in a restored historic church in NuLu
- The Six Mile Creek distillery in Pleasureville is slated to add capacity
- Homesick Blues is a seven-year wheated bourbon tied to Dylan's new biography
- Bootleg Series Vol V is an 18 year old bourbon finished in Spanish vermouth casks
Quick Facts
- What: Heaven's Door expands whiskey, distillery, and travel retail plans
- Where: United States, Kentucky, Louisville, Pleasureville, Cannes
- Why: To grow global sales while highlighting Dylan's creative influence
- Who: Bob Dylan, Marc Bushala, Eric Hundelt, Ken Pierce
- When: Brand began in 2017, with new releases in October
Coverage Timeline: 1156 Days
Featured Article
During an interview at the TFWA World Exhibition in Cannes in October, Heaven's Door leaders detailed Bob Dylan's creative role, new Kentucky facilities, and global travel retail ambitions.
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Bob Dylan and Marc Bushala launched Heaven's Door in 2018; critics have since praised core expressions and limited editions sold across the U.S.
Bob Dylan's Heaven's Door bourbon is spotlighted at The Last Refuge in Louisville's NuLu district, with phase two plans for a 14000 square foot art gallery and a Pleasureville distillery.
Heaven's Door announces Homesick Blues Bourbon and the biography Bob Dylan: Mixing Up the Medicine, with pre-orders shipping October 24 and November delivery, in Nashville and Minnesota.
The Bob Dylan Center opened in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in the month before Bob Dylan's 81st birthday on May 24.
On November 1, 2023, Heaven's Door released Bootleg Vol. V, a limited 500-case bourbon finished in Spanish vermouth casks.
Heaven's Door announces The Last Refuge in Louisville opening fall 2023, and a Pleasureville distillery opening spring 2024.
Heaven’s Door bootleg series VI releases recently as a 12-year wheated bourbon finished in Limousin oak, while Six Mile Creek distillery expands in Pleasureville, Kentucky, and A Complete Unknown previews as the Dylan biopic.
Bob Dylan co-created Heaven's Door, released Master Blenders' Edition this year, and plans a Nashville distillery in Tennessee.