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Farm Distillery Roots Rye Whiskey in NY's Hudson Valley
A Farm That Smelled Like Sheep Now Smells Like Whiskey: Inside Silver Brothers Spirits' New York Debut There are distilleries that make whiskey, and then there are distilleries that are built from the ground up — from the soil beneath your boots to the glass in your hand — out of an almost stubbor
Wee Smoky's Peated Scotch RTD Cocktails Shake Up Market
Wee Smoky's Six-Can Salvo: How an Edinburgh Scotch Brand Is Rewriting the Rules of the RTD Market The ready-to-drink cocktail market has never lacked for ambition, but it has long lacked a credible peated Scotch whisky voice. That changes now. Scottish whisky brand Wee Smoky has expanded into the
Sagamore's High-Rye Bourbon Makes Its UK Debut
Sagamore's High-Rye Bourbon Crosses the Atlantic: What It Means for Maryland Whiskey on the World Stage There are moments in a distillery's arc that signal something larger than a new product launch — a crossing of a threshold that reframes what the brand is, what it represents, and where it inten
Revolver Brewing Expands Into Whiskey, Gin, and Vodka
From the Brewery to the Bottle Shop: Revolver Brewing Goes All-In on Spirits There is a certain logic to what Revolver Brewing has just done — and a certain audacity. On July 23, 2026, the Granbury, Texas-born brewery officially dropped the last word of its name and replaced it with something bigg
The Decade-Long Bet That Built Argentina's First Andean Single Malt
Inside the Decade-Long Bet That Built the World's First Andean Single Malt Whisky In 2013, two Argentine brothers drove into the wine country of Mendoza with a plan that sounded, to most people in the spirits world, somewhere between ambitious and reckless. When brothers Cristian and Gabriel Willi
Tariff-Free Scotch: Why Americans Expect No Price Relief
The Tariff Is Gone — But Don't Hold Your Breath for Cheaper Scotch The 10% tariff on Scotch whisky entering the United States is officially history. The levy lifted at 12:01 a.m. Eastern on July 24, 2026, and the first duty-free shipment left Scotland within 48 hours. Governments on both sides of
Macallan Becomes Scotland's First Wildlife-Accredited Distillery
The Macallan Makes History as Scotland's First Distillery to Earn Wildlife Estates Scotland Accreditation In the long and storied world of Scotch whisky, most milestones involve the liquid itself — a rare age statement, a record auction price, a new distillery rising from the peat. The landmark ac
Distillers Take Their Case to Capitol Hill Sept. 24
There is a long tradition in American business of showing up in person when something important is on the line. Letters get filed. Emails get skimmed. But a person standing in a congressional office, talking about the grain he buys, the people he employs and the town he operates in, tends to stick.
Big Money vs. Craft Distillers: California's Shipping Crisis
Last Call in California: How Big Money Is Killing Craft Distillery Delivery For anyone who spent pandemic lockdowns discovering small-batch bourbon from a California craft distillery — boxes dropped at the door, a hand-stamped label, something made fifty miles away by someone who actually knew you
How Canada's Bourbon Ban Became a Trade War Weapon
Kentucky to Canada: How the Great Booze Ban Became a Bargaining Chip in the Most Consequential Trade Fight in a Generation For American bourbon and whiskey producers, Canada has long been more than a neighbor — it has been a lifeline. Millions of cases of Tennessee whiskey, Kentucky bourbon, and c
