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Little Book Chapter 10: How Freddie Noe's "All the Wiser" Became the Most Mature Release in the Series There are milestones in American whiskey that get measured in decades — a distillery's founding anniversary, a brand's centennial, an age statement that stretches back before most collectors were

Garrison Brothers Launches the Ranch Reserve Series: Two 8-Year Sherry-Finished Bourbons That Rewrite the Texas Playbook Something significant is happening in the Texas Hill Country, and it goes beyond the usual limited-edition pageantry that the bourbon world has grown accustomed to. Garrison Bro

Father's Day is one of those holidays that tends to bring out the last-minute scramble in people. The gift card. The tie. The bottle of something decent grabbed off a shelf with zero thought behind it. Knob Creek is pushing back against all of that this year, and they're doing it in a way that actu

The story behind Big Blaze Bourbon is as remarkable as what's inside the bottle Most award-winning bourbons come with a backstory about heritage, family recipes, or some remote grain source. Big Blaze Bourbon from Denver-based Locke + Co. Distillery comes with something entirely different — the

The Second Wildlife Collection Release Has Arrived — And There Are Only 180 Bottles Some bourbons get made. Others get earned. The Live Oak Straight Bourbon from Milam & Greene falls squarely into the second category. The Texas distillery just dropped the second release in its Wildlife Collect

There are moments in history that deserve more than a handshake and a flag wave. The 250th birthday of the United States of America is one of those moments. And in Alabama, a family with seven generations of distilling history decided the best way to mark that occasion was to do what Americans have

A Craft Whiskey Brand Makes Its Move Into Southern California Happenstance Whiskey is heading west. The brand has announced plans to expand its distribution into Southern California, a move that signals a growing confidence in the craft whiskey market along the West Coast and gives serious whiskey

The angels have been getting their share of whiskey for centuries. It's the oldest excuse in the book — that slow, steady evaporation that happens while a barrel sits and ages, the portion that mysteriously disappears into the air each year. Distillers have always accepted it as part of the deal. B

Barrell Craft Spirits has never been one to do things halfway, and their latest release makes that clearer than ever. The Louisville-based independent blender just announced Barrell Bourbon Batch 038, a limited-release blend that pulls mature straight bourbon whiskeys from four different states and

How a Father, a Son, and a Handful of Heirloom Corn Changed Everything There's a bottle dropping on May 27th that doesn't just represent a new bourbon — it represents the end of a very long runway. A plan that started in a college classroom, grew inside a popcorn company, and found its footing in