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The results are in from one of the most respected spirits competitions on the planet, and the numbers tell a story worth paying attention to. The International Wine & Spirits Competition — known in the industry as the IWSC, and nicknamed the Olympics of the drinks world — wrapped up its 2026 No

One Thousand Gold Medals: How Kavalan Turned Taiwan Into a World Whisky Powerhouse On June 11, 2026, a distillery tucked into the lush, rain-soaked plains of Yilan County, Taiwan, announced something that would have sounded like fantasy two decades ago: it had crossed the threshold of 1,000 gold m

June 9th, 2026 marks a significant date on the American spirits calendar. The Tasting Alliance officially dropped the full results from two of the most scrutinized competitions in the drinks world: the 2026 San Francisco World Spirits Competition and the 2026 San Francisco Ready-to-Drink Competitio

There is a moment in American whiskey history that tends to arrive quietly, without the marketing blitz of a major distillery rollout or the fanfare of a heritage brand's anniversary expression. It arrives from somewhere unexpected — a family farm in the shadow of the Rockies, a grain-to-glass oper

Milam & Greene's Unabridged Volume 4 Earns Double Platinum at the ASCOT Awards There's a craft distillery sitting in Blanco, Texas — a small Hill Country town about 80 miles outside Austin — that has been quietly building one of the more impressive award records in American whiskey. Milam &amp

Jackson Purchase Bourbon Sweeps the ASCOT Awards With Five Distinctions, Cementing a Remarkable Rise From Western Kentucky Less than a year after its first bottle hit retail shelves in Kentucky, Jackson Purchase Bourbon has made a statement that few debut releases manage in one of the industry's m

An Indian Single Malt Just Walked Into the Most Respected Whisky Competition on Earth — and Left With the Top Prize For a long time, the whisky world operated like an old boys' club. Scotland had its Scotch. Japan had its carefully crafted blends and single malts. America had its bourbon. These we

There are not many bottles of bourbon that you can spot from across a room, but Maker's Mark has always been one of them. That red wax dip on the top of every bottle has been a calling card for decades. Now, one of the distillery's most powerful expressions just picked up one of the most prestigiou

There is a version of the whiskey world that runs almost entirely on hype. A celebrity puts their name on a bottle, a publicist sends out a press release, and suddenly a mediocre liquid is selling for $80 at the airport. It has become so common that most serious drinkers have learned to tune it out

There are a lot of rye whiskeys out there making noise right now, but one just separated itself from the pack in a big way. Bardstown Bourbon Company's Rye Whiskey walked away from the L.A. Spirits Awards with Best Whiskey Overall — not just best rye, not just best bourbon, but best whiskey of an