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Taiwan Wins Again: Kavalan Takes Back-to-Back Whisky of the Year at the 2026 International Whisky Competition When the International Whisky Competition announced its 2026 results on July 7, the envelope might as well have been addressed to Yilan County before it was ever opened. For the second con

Nashville Barrel Company Plants Its Flag in Bourbon Country with the Louisville Rickhouse Whiskey Company There is a particular kind of audacity in a Tennessee whiskey outfit walking into Louisville, Kentucky — the undisputed seat of American bourbon culture — and opening up shop. Nashville Barrel

Glenglassaugh Drops a 15-Year-Old Single Malt — and It's Nothing Like the 12 There are distilleries that grow old quietly, adding age statements the way a craftsman adds tools to his bench — methodically, purposefully, one at a time. Then there's Glenglassaugh, a coastal Highland operation that ha

Kentucky Bourbon Trail Hits 74 Stops: The Biggest Expansion Yet Reshapes America's Premier Whiskey Tourism Experience The Kentucky Bourbon Trail just got a whole lot longer. The Kentucky Distillers' Association announced this week that four new destinations have joined the legendary self-guided to

Washington Fires Back: The CANADA Act and the Fight to Reclaim America's Most Important Whiskey Market For more than sixteen months, a half-empty shelf at a Toronto LCBO has functioned as the most vivid symbol of a trade war that most bourbon drinkers never saw coming. Where Jack Daniel's and Mich

Same Company, Different Name, Same Playbook: The ASA Takes Another Swing at Capgroup Int There is a particular audacity to getting caught running misleading advertising, rebranding twice, and then getting caught again doing the very same thing. That is precisely where Capgroup Int Ltd finds itself

American whiskey makers just got caught in the middle of a fight that has nothing to do with the whiskey itself, and now they're bracing for another hit. President Trump has signed a proclamation putting a 50% tariff on spirits coming in from Canada, and the group that speaks for the U.S. distilled

For two years, if a man wanted a bottle of Koopers Barrel Reserve Bourbon, he had one option: get in the truck and drive to Ledbetter, Texas. That's no longer the case. The tasting room favorite that's been quietly building a following among serious bourbon drinkers is now available to order online

Redwood Empire Whiskey's Colonel Armstrong Wheated Bourbon Is California's Most Ambitious Blend Yet Most bourbon releases in 2026 arrive with a backstory grafted on after the fact — a name chosen by a marketing committee, a label dressed up in heritage it didn't earn. Redwood Empire Whiskey's new

Where the Pit Meets the Barrel: Pursuit Spirits and Meat Church Release the Honey Hog Barrel Bourbon There is a long tradition in American food and drink culture of treating the smoker and the whiskey glass as companions rather than competitors. Ribs and rye, brisket and bourbon — these are relati