Brand (front) or keg collar, 3 × 3.5 in
Filed by Merkin Vineyards
Hilltop Bourbon
Cottonwood, ArizonaFiled 06 Mar 2026
Wood & finish
- Class, as printed
- Bourbon Whiskey
- Bottle
- 750 ml
Read from the front and back labels by the extractor; each fact is the label's own statement.
Sourcing
- Distilled at
- Not stated — the label makes no distillation claim
- Bottled by
- Merkin Vineyards, 770 N Verde Heights Dr. Cottonwood, AZ 86326
Each line is the label's own statement with its role words removed. Applicant and bottler are not the same thing as distiller.
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Also filed by Merkin Vineyards
| Distiller | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 06 Mar | Hilltop, Rye | Rye | 5 y | 100* | Not stated | Bottler only |
06 MarHilltop, RyeRye, 5 y, 100* proof
- Distilled in
- Not stated
- Distiller
- Bottler only
- Filed by
- Merkin Vineyards
* Proof derived from the printed ABV (ABV × 2); the label prints no proof.
More from the week of 2–8 March 2026
| Distiller | Status | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 06 Mar | Tennessee Shine Co, Black Cherry | Whiskey specialty | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | Bottler only | Filed |
 | 06 Mar | Tennessee Shine Co, Sweet Tea | Whiskey specialty | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | Bottler only | Filed |
 | 06 Mar | Bcd | Flavored whiskey | Not stated | 70 | NC | Own still | Expired |
 | 06 Mar | Bcd | Flavored whiskey | Not stated | 70 | NC | Own still | Expired |
 | 06 Mar | Bcd | Bourbon | Not stated | 100 | NC | Own still | Expired |
 | 06 Mar | Bcd | Bourbon | Not stated | 92 | NC | Own still | Expired |
06 MarFiledTennessee Shine Co, Black CherryWhiskey specialty
- Distilled in
- Not stated
- Distiller
- Bottler only
- Filed by
- Tennessee Shine Company
06 MarFiledTennessee Shine Co, Sweet TeaWhiskey specialty
- Distilled in
- Not stated
- Distiller
- Bottler only
- Filed by
- Tennessee Shine Company
06 MarExpiredBcdFlavored whiskey, 70 proof
- Distilled in
- NC
- Distiller
- Own still
- Filed by
- Buffalo City Distillery
06 MarExpiredBcdFlavored whiskey, 70 proof
- Distilled in
- NC
- Distiller
- Own still
- Filed by
- Buffalo City Distillery
06 MarExpiredBcdBourbon, 100 proof
- Distilled in
- NC
- Distiller
- Own still
- Filed by
- Buffalo City Distillery
06 MarExpiredBcdBourbon, 92 proof
- Distilled in
- NC
- Distiller
- Own still
- Filed by
- Buffalo City Distillery
Where this comes from
- TTB ID
- 26051001000461
- Label approved
- 06 Mar 2026
- Submitted
- 20 Feb 2026 (approved 14 days later)
- Name on the approval
- Merkin Vineyards
- Address on the approval
- Cottonwood, AZ
- Permits on the approval
- DSP-AZ-20069
- Class on the approval
- 141, Bourbon
- How it was read
- By CaskGrail's reader, from the label images; each fact is the label's own statement
- Source
- US TTB label approval (COLA), not a shelf listing or a release announcement
A label approval is permission to bottle. It isn't an announcement or a release date. The name on the approval is whoever applied for it, which is not always who distilled the whiskey. How CaskGrail reads labels