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The man standing before one of Washington's most consequential trade panels wasn't there to talk politics. He was there to talk jobs, grain, and the survival of an industry that runs deeper into the American economy than most people realize. Chris Swonger, President and CEO of the Distilled Spi

A Historic Distillery Partners with the Biggest Wine and Spirits Distributor in the Country Holladay Distillery, the bourbon maker out of Weston, Missouri with roots going back to 1856, just locked in a major distribution deal that's going to put its bottles in front of a whole lot more people. Th

For generations, giving someone a bottle of good bourbon has been one of the simplest ways to say you care. No explanation needed. No card required. The bottle says enough on its own. But a Kentucky distillery thinks it can say a whole lot more — and they might be right. Bardstown Bourbon Compa

How a Royal Visit to the White House Ended a Tariff That Was Bleeding Scotland Dry For more than a year, the Scotch whisky industry watched millions of pounds drain out of its coffers every single week. Lobbying efforts, trade negotiations, government visits — none of it moved the needle. Then Kin

A Young Distillery With Something to Prove Jackton Distillery doesn't have centuries of history behind it. There's no dusty legend, no storied founding family going back to the 1700s. What it does have is a working farm in South Lanarkshire, just outside Glasgow, a family with a clear-eyed visio

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