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Heaven’s Door Ascension

Bourbon Heaven's Door
  • Distiller

    Heaven's Door

  • Bottler

    Heaven's Door

  • ABV

    46%

  • Age

    6 Years

  • Price $30 to $59.99

Released in July 2023, Heaven's Door Ascension is the first Kentucky bourbon to come from Bob Dylan's whiskey brand and its new Pleasureville, Kentucky distillery. This is a blend of two bourbons aged at least six years.

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Aggregated Reviews
  • Raided Score: 85
  • Distiller
  • By Stephanie Moreno
  • A solid whiskey for the price point.
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  • Raided Score: 92
  • Drinkhacker
  • By Christopher Null
  • All told this is really well-crafted stuff — though Heaven’s Door has been killing it lately, so I really expect nothing less from the operation — and the company’s own distillate seems to be pulling its weight (though there’s no telling how much HD distillate is in the blend).
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  • Raided Score: 85
  • The Daily Pour
  • By The Daily Pour Staff
  • Overall, this might be the new gateway whiskey on the block. This reminds me of everything I love about Green River’s bourbon, and it’s clear you can’t go wrong with Ascension, either. Really delicious.
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House Review
  • Nose:

    A pleasant chorus of vanilla and brown sugar, light baking spice and some sweet oak on the nose. Reminds me of the first time I got a whiff of Four Roses Small Batch Select, and my eyebrows went up a bit. Sweet and spice in a head-on collision.

  • Taste:

    Moderate palate. At 46% ABV, it’s not firing punches left and right, but it manages a very pleasant mouthfeel and a bundling of brown sugar, cinnamon, a touch of pepper and a graham cracker crust sweetness.

  • Finish:

    Moderate finish. This is much more complex throughout than expected, weaving together candied ginger, waffle cone, brown sugar and a dash of oak.

  • Overall:

    Overall, this might be the new gateway whiskey on the block. This reminds me of everything I love about Green River’s bourbon, and it’s clear you can’t go wrong with Ascension, either. Really delicious.

  • Score:

    85

  • Disclosure: The producer provided this sample to review free of charge, and without expectation of review or rating.

  • By The Daily Pour Staff
  • Our in house critic rates spirits on a scale of 0-10 (10 best) and is aggregated the same as external sources