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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

There are competitions, and then there are the ones where every single judge has to agree. At the American Craft Spirits Association Awards, earning a Double Gold Medal means the entire judging panel gave a spirit their top marks — no exceptions, no split decisions. It's one of the hardest distinct

The votes are in, and Texas has spoken. Milam & Greene walked away from the 9th Annual Texas Whiskey Festival as the top distillery in the state, earning the People's Choice Award Gold after being judged against more than 30 competing Texas distilleries by the festival's own attendees. It's

There are whiskeys on the market that cost more than a used car. Some run $10,000 a bottle. Some top $80,000. And then there's a straight bourbon out of Washington State that goes for $39.99 — sitting right alongside them on one of the most prestigious lists in the spirits world. Image cred

Root Shoot's American Single Malt Takes Spirit of the Year at the London Spirits Competition There's a farm in Loveland, Colorado, sitting at the foot of the Rockies, where a fifth-generation family has been working the same land for over a century. For most of that time, the Olander family was kn

There are moments in the whiskey world that stop you in your tracks. Not because of flashy marketing or a celebrity co-sign, but because the liquid in the bottle actually means something. The Star Hill Farm Whisky from Maker's Mark is one of those moments — and now, with the 2026 release hitting sh

There's a moment when a bottle of whisky stops being just a bottle. It becomes something you want to keep on the shelf long after the last pour. Indri's Diwali Collector's Edition 2025 is exactly that kind of bottle — and now the rest of the world officially agrees. The Indian single malt brand

There's a distillery sitting at the foot of the Rockies that most bourbon drinkers outside of Colorado probably haven't heard of yet. That's about to change. Branch & Barrel Distilling , based in Centennial, Colorado, just walked away from the Denver International Spirits Competition with

How a Goa Distillery Is Rewriting the Rules of Single Malt For decades, the conversation around the world's finest single malts has started and ended in Scotland. Maybe a nod to Japan. Perhaps a reluctant mention of Ireland. India? That wasn't even in the conversation. Until now. At the World