Black Maple Hill was introduced in 2000 by Paul Joseph of CVI Brands, a non-distiller producer based in California, and it has never operated a distillery. The label buys mature whiskey, selects and bottles it, and sells it under its own name. Its early releases became benchmarks of the modern bourbon era, and they carried age statements — sometimes very high ones. As the older stock behind those bottles thinned, the statements came off, and the small batch is the expression that resulted: the same presentation, the same 95 proof, the same white oak language, without a number. What the label has never done consistently is disclose where the whiskey came from, and the accounts that circulate about its sources across the years are recollection and inference rather than producer statement. Ownership and supply have both changed over the label’s life. This bottling states 95 proof and an edition mark on the front label, describes itself as handmade sour mash aged in select white oak casks, and is a Kentucky straight bourbon whiskey in a 700 mL bottle. Those are the facts the bottle carries, and this page keeps to them.

Every bottle sold through Midnight Whiskey is sourced as an authentic, sealed product and inspected before it ships. Orders are packed with padded, glass-rated handling and require an adult signature (21+) on delivery; we do not ship to anyone unable to verify legal drinking age. For our full sourcing and handling protocols, see our editorial and authentication standards.

Does Black Maple Hill Small Batch have an age statement?

No. The front label reads only that the bourbon was aged in select white oak casks, with no number. That is the defining characteristic of this bottling and the main thing separating it from the label's age-stated releases. Black Maple Hill made its name on age-stated bottles and dropped the statements as older stock became scarce, so a no-age-statement small batch is the brand on the other side of that change.

Who distills Black Maple Hill?

It is not disclosed, and Midnight Whiskey does not name a distillery. Black Maple Hill is a non-distiller label, introduced in 2000 by Paul Joseph of CVI Brands, that buys and bottles mature whiskey rather than producing it. Various origins have been claimed for the brand's releases over the years, none confirmed by the label, so none is stated here as fact.

What proof is the small batch?

It is bottled at 95 proof, or 47.5% ABV, in a 700 mL bottle — the presentation strength the label has carried across its releases, age-stated or not. The figure is printed on the front label above the brand name.