For a lot of guys who’ve been around the block a few times, thirty years feels like a lifetime. It’s long enough to raise kids, build a career, maybe even retire and start wondering what comes next. So when a bourbon has sat in a barrel for three full decades, quietly doing its thing in the rickhou

For years, the big names in bourbon and rye have battled it out on store shelves and in export markets. Brown-Forman, Diageo, Pernod Ricard, Sazerac, Campari, Suntory—they’ve all been in the ring. But something was missing. The guys who actually make the barrels, the white oak hearts that turn raw

For a lot of guys who’ve been chasing whiskey for the last twenty or thirty years, the name Willett carries serious weight. It’s one of those distilleries that never needed flashy marketing—just rock-solid liquid in the bottle and a family story that feels honest. So when word got out that Willett

In the world of American whiskey, few names carry the weight that Barrell Craft Spirits does among serious drinkers. Since 2013, the Louisville-based outfit has built its reputation on one simple idea: find outstanding barrels from different distilleries, blend them with skill and zero shortcuts, a

For the first time in over a hundred years, you’ll soon be able to walk into a liquor store anywhere in the United States and buy a three-liter bottle of Jack Daniel’s Old No. 7 – the same black-label Tennessee whiskey millions of guys have been pouring since they were old enough to shave. That’s r

Deep in the heart of Texas, something big is happening for whiskey lovers. B.R. Distilling Company – the folks behind Blue Note Bourbon – just shook hands with Ben E. Keith Beverages to bring their Memphis-made whiskey to every corner of the Lone Star State. For anyone who enjoys a good pour after

Walk into Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport these days and something feels different at Gate E28. Past the usual parade of fast-food chains and overpriced coffee stands sits a handsome new bar and restaurant that smells like pecan wood, brown sugar, and honest-to-God whiskey. It’s ca

Deep in the heart of Kentucky horse country, a distillery just rewrote the record books without much fanfare. Town Branch Distillery in Lexington quietly dropped fifty-seven bottles of something no one has ever seen before: a 16-year-old Bottled-in-Bond Kentucky Single Malt Whiskey. That’s a mouthf

Deep in the rolling hills of western Pennsylvania, where corn and rye once fueled both stills and rebellion, a state senator is pushing to give the Commonwealth something it’s never had: an official state spirit. Republican Senator Camera Bartolotta from the 46th District wants Pennsylvania Rye Whi

Every bourbon drinker knows the old saying: age doesn't guarantee greatness. Barrels can turn on you after too many summers, leaving behind bitter tannins or flat, over-oaked spirits that taste more like furniture than fine whiskey. Yet every few years, a bottle arrives that silences the skeptics.