Chip Tate, the man who put Texas whiskey on the map with Balcones, has been quiet for a while. Not anymore. After stepping into the role of Master Distiller for Innovation at Foley Family Wines & Spirits back in early 2024, he just dropped his first new project: Ampersand. Three small-batch spi

For the last six years, Julie Macklowe has been turning heads with her American single malt that drinks more like a Highland classic than anything coming out of Kentucky. Now she’s coming for bourbon itself. Today The Macklowe brand dropped the Sapphire Bourbon Collection—two new Kentucky straights

Deep in the rolling hills of Kentucky, where bourbon has been made pretty much the same way for two hundred years, something wild just happened. Bardstown Bourbon Company took some of their oldest whiskey—11 and 12-year-old stock—and let it sleep for another 28 months inside barrels that used to ho

Most guys can remember the exact moment baseball got its hooks in them. For Matt Lurin, it happened in Cooperstown when he was twelve years old, standing in front of a display case at the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Something didn’t look right about the mitt tagged to a 1920s ballplayer. The st

Every year around Thanksgiving, whiskey lovers start hunting for that one special bottle to crack open when the family’s gathered around the fire or the cards are on the table. This year, a lot of guys are going to reach for something they’ve never tried before: a 12-year-old Kentucky straight bour

There’s something about a slow sip of good Kentucky bourbon that feels a lot like the low hum of a John Lee Hooker riff – unhurried, deep in the chest, and full of stories most folks never get told. Now those two worlds have finally come together the way they always should have. The family of t

Walk into any good bar in America and there’s a decent chance an Old Forester bottle is sitting on the back shelf. Most of us reach for the 86, the 100, or maybe splurge on a 1920 when we’re feeling fancy. We know the name, we trust the taste, and we figure the story starts and ends with George Gar

Deep in South Texas, where the horizon seems to stretch forever and the wind still carries the dust of cattle drives, sits the 825,000-acre King Ranch. For more than 170 years it has stood as the unbreakable backbone of American ranching. Six hours north, in a quiet Louisville warehouse, another Am

Deep in Bucks County, where the cornfields still outnumber the strip malls, Warwick Farm Brewing has spent the last decade quietly earning a reputation among guys who know their beer. The kind of place you drive a little out of your way for, grab a pint of something dark and chewy, and leave with a

Remember when a big night out meant throwing on a sport coat, sliding into a red-leather booth, and letting the bartender keep the rye coming while the steaks sizzled? Those old-school supper clubs were where deals got done, stories got taller, and nobody looked at their phone for four straight hou