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Evan Williams Bourbon Nation Goes Deeper Into College Football for 2026 With Snapback Sports, Collegiate Edition Bottles, and Molly McGrath College football and bourbon have always shared the same spiritual real estate in American culture — Saturday afternoons, fired-up stadiums, and the kind of c

The Scotsman, the Bourbon, and a Spelling War That's Been Brewing for Centuries There is a debate that has simmered inside whiskey bars, distillery tasting rooms, and online forums for generations — one that predates the internet, predates the cocktail renaissance, and arguably predates American i

Every September, distillers and maltsters across the country mark Craft Malt Month, a shoutout to the small operations that turn raw barley into the base of everything that gets fermented and distilled into whiskey. This year, Seattle's Copperworks Distilling Co. is marking the occasion with someth

There's a moment every serious bourbon drinker chases: the first sip of something that was never watered down to fit a spec sheet. That's the pitch behind the newest release from Knob Creek, and it's arriving just in time for the season when good bottles get passed around living rooms across the co

A Spirit Category Nobody Saw Coming Whiskey drinkers have spent the last decade chasing every angle on the category — high rye mash bills, finishing in wine barrels, single barrel picks, and grain sourced from a single farm down the road. But nobody has really gone after the field pea. Branch &amp

Whiskey House of Kentucky Is Bringing Its Client Brands to Bardstown — and the 2026 Kentucky Bourbon Festival Won't Be the Same Bardstown, Kentucky has been called the Bourbon Capital of the World for good reason, and every September it earns that title all over again. Held September 10–13, 2026,

A Ten-Year Project Finally Reaches the Shelf For ten years, a small team in Shelbyville, Kentucky worked on something most bourbon drinkers never knew existed. There was no product on shelves, no marketing campaign, no name people could search for. Just three people quietly building what would bec

For forty years, bourbon drinkers have known the name Elmer T. Lee as a kind of shorthand for doing things the right way. Now, for the first time, Buffalo Trace Distillery is letting people taste that philosophy exactly as it comes out of the barrel, with nothing added and nothing taken away.

September Means Bourbon, and This Year a Texas Brand Wants a Seat at the Table Every September, whiskey drinkers across the country mark Bourbon Heritage Month by pulling out their favorite pours and maybe trying something new. This year, a Texas-based whiskey company called Koopers Whiskey is usi

Every fall, a small corner of the whiskey world holds its breath, and this year is no different. Old Rip Van Winkle Distillery and Buffalo Trace Distillery confirmed on September 10 that the 2026 Van Winkle Whiskey Collection is finally making its way to store shelves, bars and restaurants across t