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Copper & Cask, the Rhode Island-based independent bottler that has been quietly building a serious reputation in the American whiskey scene, just released two new additions to its Small Batch Series. Numbers 15 and 16 are now hitting shelves, and if the earlier entries in this lineup are any in

September in Bardstown, Kentucky means one thing to serious bourbon drinkers — the Kentucky Bourbon Festival. This year, the event hits a milestone that few festivals of its kind ever reach, marking its 35th anniversary during National Bourbon Heritage Month. For four days, from September 10 throug

There are moments in the world of whiskey that go beyond the liquid in the glass. Moments where history, craftsmanship, and time all converge into something that can never be repeated. Midleton Distillery in County Cork, Ireland, is living through two of those moments at once — and for anyone who t

For a brand built on high-rye bourbon, stepping into wheat whiskey territory is a big move. But that's exactly what Remus Bourbon has done with the release of its Master Distiller Experimental Series No. 2 — and the details behind this bottle make it worth paying attention to. The release comes

There are not many moments in a country's history that call for something more than the usual. The 250th anniversary of American independence is one of them. And while plenty of brands will slap a flag on a label and call it a day, one Nashville pitmaster is doing things differently — the hard way,

A Whisky Born From the People Who Actually Make It There is something different about the way Maker's Mark approaches its Wood Finishing Series. While most limited bourbon releases lean hard into barrel specs and tasting notes, this Kentucky distillery keeps coming back to something simpler — t

There's a distillery sitting on the banks of the Ohio River in a small Kentucky town that not enough people are talking about. Augusta Distillery , tucked inside a late-1800s factory building in Augusta, Kentucky, has been quietly doing things the right way — aging bourbon eight years or more, kee

There's a quiet corner of the American whiskey world that most people walk right past without knowing it exists. Tucked inside Lost Lantern Whiskey's operation is a private barrel program that lets regular people, not just industry insiders, get their hands on a truly one-of-a-kind bottle of Americ

A rough start to 2026 for American spirits sales — and the numbers tell a complicated story The first month of 2026 handed the American spirits industry something it did not want to see: a broad, across-the-board sales slump that hit nearly every category and showed few signs of a quick recovery.

There's a version of this story where a brewery best known for a German-Czech lager tries its hand at whiskey and falls flat on its face. That's not this story. Shiner's Texas Legend Rye — bottled from just three barrels of the distillery's very first rye distillation — is a two-year-old whiskey th