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For years, Canada was one of the surest bets in the American spirits business. Every year, distillers from Kentucky to Tennessee could count on Canadian consumers to buy hundreds of millions of dollars worth of bourbon, rye, and Tennessee whiskey. That reliable relationship has now collapsed — and

A 158-Year-Old Law, Two Conflicting Rulings, and a Constitutional Showdown Nobody Saw Coming For the better part of 160 years, a law written during the Reconstruction era has made it a federal offense for any American to distill spirits in their own home — even a single bottle of whiskey meant for

A Cease and Desist Before the Doors Even Open Lance and Anjalie Wassink had a plan. They were going to open Legacy Winery & Spirits inside Terra Station, a $32.5 million mixed-use development on School Avenue in Hudsonville, Michigan, and give their community something it had never seen before

Brough Brothers Distillery has been through five years of legal battles, a court ruling it disagrees with, and a public fight over who gets to claim a piece of American bourbon history. Now, with the lawsuit behind them, the Louisville-based operation is turning its attention to something it says

The numbers are in, and Kentucky bourbon has done it again. The Kentucky Bourbon Trail program recorded 2.7 million visitors in 2025, matching the record-setting pace of the year before and proving that America's native spirit continues to pull people in from across the country and around the world

For more than a century and a half, Americans who wanted to make their own spirits at home were breaking the law — full stop. It didn't matter how careful they were, how much they wanted to pay taxes on what they made, or whether they were doing it just for themselves and a few friends. The federal

A years-long legal dispute between two Kentucky bourbon companies over who holds the title of the state's first Black-owned bourbon distillery has come to a close, at least for the time being, after a federal appeals court sided with Fresh Bourbon LLC earlier this year. The ruling, handed down

A $2.37 Billion Wake-Up Call The numbers are in, and they tell a story that every whiskey drinker, bourbon collector, and spirits enthusiast in America should be paying attention to. U.S. spirits exports dropped 3.8% in 2025, landing at $2.37 billion — a meaningful slide from where the industry st

The Foreclosure of LF Heritage and What It Says About an Industry in Trouble The American bourbon industry has been riding a wave of prestige and premium pricing for years, but the cracks are starting to show — and they're getting harder to ignore. The latest sign of trouble comes out of Scott Cou

The spirits industry has been taking hits from every direction lately — slumping sales, health-conscious consumers pulling back, tariff pressures squeezing margins, and now even cannabis drinks nibbling at market share. Against that backdrop, two of the biggest names in the business are reportedly