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A Midwest Craft Distillery Steps Into the National Spotlight: Pound & Penny Spirits Names BLACK BAND Its Exclusive Bourbon Partner In a move that underscores the growing appetite among craft spirits producers to pair serious production credentials with sophisticated commercial muscle, Pound &a

MGP's Brown Goods Crisis: Whiskey Sales Crater 59% in Q2 as the American Bourbon Glut Deepens The numbers are ugly and getting uglier. MGP Ingredients, the Kansas-based company that sits at the very center of the American whiskey supply chain, reported second-quarter 2026 results on July 29 that l

Inside Artisanal Spirits Company's H1 2026 Results: Brand Momentum Collides With a Sluggish Cask Market For a company that has spent the better part of a decade staking its identity on ultra-premium, limited-edition Scotch whisky, The Artisanal Spirits Company finds itself at a genuinely interesti

Crown Royal's Amherstburg Plant Finally Finds a Buyer — But the Full Story Is Messier Than the Press Release After months of political theater, union grief, border-town anxiety, and a whisky bottle theatrically poured out on live television, the Crown Royal bottling facility in Amherstburg, Ontari

Ian Macleod Pulls Back at Glengoyne and Rosebank as Scotch Hits a Wall The numbers coming out of Broxburn tell a story the Scotch industry can no longer afford to whisper. Ian Macleod Distillers, one of Scotland's last major family-owned whisky businesses, has disclosed a 30% cut in annual product

Edrington Posts "Resilient" Fiscal 2026 Results as The Macallan Gains Ground and Prestige Scotch Stumbles Edrington, the whisky and spirits producer behind Speyside premium malt The Macallan, has cheered a "resilient" full-year performance in the face of a volatile market. That word — resilient —

Sazerac Snaps Up Garrard County Distilling for $20 Million, Turning a Bourbon Failure Into a Production Opportunity The bourbon industry's ongoing reckoning with overcapacity and financial overreach has claimed another casualty — and handed one of the sector's most powerful operators a considerabl

WhistlePig Sells Its Moriah Distillery Complex for Over $17 Million — And the Story Behind the Sale Is Anything But Simple WhistlePig Whiskey, the Vermont-based rye maker that spent years positioning itself as one of America's most decorated premium spirit brands, has sold its Moriah distillery an

Garrison Brothers Is Growing Fast — and It's Not an Accident Something significant is happening in the Texas Hill Country, and its effects are being felt in liquor stores, hotel bars, and sports venues from coast to coast. Garrison Brothers Distillery, the first legal whiskey distillery in Texas,

Brown-Forman Pulls the Plug on Slane Production — And the Silence Is Deafening The whiskey industry has been bracing for hard news for more than a year now, and Brown-Forman just delivered another gut punch. The Louisville-based spirits giant — home to Jack Daniel's, Woodford Reserve, and a sprawl