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There's a certain kind of confidence that comes with two decades in the whiskey business. Chip Tate has it in spades. The man who built Balcones Distillery from the ground up — and earned a reputation for pushing the craft in directions most distillers wouldn't dare — has now turned his attention t

There are a lot of things Costco is known for. The rotisserie chicken. The free samples. The warehouse-sized everything. But nothing — and loyal members will tell you this with a straight face — hits quite like the $1.50 hot dog and soda combo. It's been priced that way since 1985, and at this poin

There are whiskey releases, and then there are moments that actually matter. Angel's Envy is stepping into 2026 with something that qualifies as the latter — a dual cask strength release that pairs the return of its beloved annual bourbon with a historic first: the brand's first-ever age-stated rye

There's a lot of talk in the bourbon world about the distiller — the person who runs the still, manages the fermentation, decides how long a whiskey sits in wood. But there's another figure who rarely gets the credit they deserve: the blender. The person who tastes through barrel after barrel, ment

A Texas Distillery and a Small-Ship Cruise Line Are Running the Most Ambitious Whiskey Experiment in Recent Memory On March 26, 2026, a bourbon barrel was loaded onto the Azamara Quest and sent out to sea. Not for a weekend. Not for a short coastal run. For 188 nights, circling the globe through 3

There's a new reason to make the trip to Louisville, and it has nothing to do with the usual bourbon trail stops. Chicken Cock Whiskey has officially relaunched its Circa 1856 tasting room under a brand new identity — The Coupe — and from the sound of it, this isn't just a cosmetic change. The spac

When people think of bourbon royalty, they think Kentucky. They think of storied distilleries with century-old recipes and limestone water and marketing campaigns that cost more than some small towns spend on their entire budgets. They do not typically think of Atlanta. That may be changing. Sh

Maker's Mark is more than halfway through its second Wood Finishing Series, and the third installment is turning out to be the most surprising entry yet. The Stewards Release, the latest bourbon to come out of Star Hill Farm in Loretto, Kentucky, is a bold, wood-forward expression that breaks from

A Kentucky Whiskey Brand Takes Its Most Ambitious Voyage Yet Jefferson's Bourbon has been doing something unusual for over a decade — sending barrels of already-aged whiskey out to sea on cargo ships and fishing vessels, letting the motion, the salt air, and the shifting climates of the open ocean

Every year, bourbon and whiskey collectors start paying closer attention to what's coming out of Michter's. And every year, the Louisville-based distillery finds a way to make things interesting. The 2026 editions of Shenk's Homestead Kentucky Sour Mash Whiskey and Bomberger's Declaration Kentucky