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Sagamore Whiskey Takes Its Bottled in Bond Rye National — and the Timing Couldn't Be Better Eight years is a long time to wait. It's long enough to watch a child go from kindergarten to middle school, long enough to see trends rise and fall in the whiskey world, and, as Sagamore Whiskey would have

Where Kentucky Bourbon Meets a Scottish Castle: The Complete Guide to Castle & Key Distillery There are distilleries, and then there is Castle & Key. Pull off McCracken Pike outside of Frankfort, Kentucky, and what greets you is nothing short of jarring — a limestone castle rising from the

Brown-Forman's Whiskey Flat, But RTDs Are Exploding: What the Numbers Mean for the Bourbon Industry The latest earnings report from Brown-Forman — the Louisville-based spirits giant behind Jack Daniel's, Woodford Reserve, and Old Forester — paints a picture of an American whiskey business in trans

Basil Hayden Cognac Cask Reserve: Kentucky Bourbon Meets the French Countryside There are releases that arrive with the subtlety of a footnote, and there are releases that demand your full attention. Basil Hayden's new Cognac Cask Reserve — announced out of Clermont, Kentucky on September 2, 2026

Jones & Mack Bourbon: A Louisville Family's Tribute Poured Into a Bottle There is a particular kind of bourbon that arrives not merely as a product but as an argument — a case made in wood and grain and time for the idea that some stories deserve a permanent address. Louisville-based 2 Cents I

Remus Repeal Reserve Series X and the First-Ever Remus Rye: A Decade of Indiana's Finest Arrives with Its Boldest Chapter Yet Ten years is a long time in bourbon. Distilleries launch annual expressions with big promises, and most fade before they hit a third release. The Remus Repeal Reserve serie

From Orphaned Barrels to Award-Winning Whiskey: Dancing Goat's Stillman's Sonder Is the Release You Haven't Heard Of — Yet There is a particular type of American whiskey story that doesn't begin with a famous family name, a splashy marketing budget, or a distillery with a line of tourists snaking

Tennessee's Craft Distilleries Just Did Something That's Never Been Done Before There is no shortage of limited-edition whiskey releases in America — the market is flooded with them. Single barrels, small batches, age-stated expressions, and celebrity-branded bottles compete for shelf space and wa

Redemption's 18-Year-Old Bourbon Is Back for 2026 — and It's Bringing a Brand-New Bonded Sibling With It When a bourbon earns the kind of critical reception that Redemption's 18-Year-Old received in 2025, the only real question is whether the brand can find enough barrels to do it again. As of mid

Cedar Ridge's 2026 Anniversary Edition Bourbon: Iowa's Most Ambitious Limited Release Yet There's a particular kind of confidence that comes with turning 21. For Cedar Ridge Distillery, Iowa's oldest operating distillery, that milestone isn't just symbolic — it's been distilled into a bottle. The