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Four Roses Finally Breaks Its Own Rules: The Experimental Series No. 001 Is the Distillery's First-Ever Cask-Finished Bourbon For a distillery that has spent more than two decades meticulously building one of the most technically rigorous bourbon programs in Kentucky, the announcement of a cask-fi

Booker's "Milkshake Batch" Is Here — And the Story Behind It Is Pure Kentucky There are bourbon releases, and then there are the ones that make you stop mid-pour and actually think about the man behind the whiskey. Booker's 2026-02 "Milkshake Batch" lands squarely in the second category. It's a bo

Garrison Brothers Launches Ranch Reserve Series: Texas Bourbon Gets a Spanish Accent Out on the rolling, wildflower-flecked acreage of Hye, Texas, where the Hill Country sun bakes the earth nine months out of the year and the smell of sweet corn mash drifts across unpaved roads, Garrison Brothers

There's a new bourbon in town, and it's not trying to be everything to everyone. Blade and Bow's 12-Year-Old Solera Reserve is quiet confidence in a bottle — the kind of whiskey that doesn't need to announce itself because it lets what's inside do the talking. Released in June 2026 as a new lim

A Small English Distillery Is About to Get Smoky — And the Whisky World Should Pay Attention Lancaster Spirits Co. has spent its early years building a quiet reputation in the English single malt scene. Now the Lancaster, England-based independent distillery is making a move that signals it has bi

Penelope Bourbon's Classic Series Is the Brand's Most Deliberate Move Yet There are brands that grow by accident and brands that grow by design. Penelope Bourbon has always been the latter. From the moment founders Michael Paladini and Danny Polise cold-called liquor retailers from a New Jersey pa

Wheel Horse Whiskey Drops Two New Limited Releases: A Rum-Finished Double Mash and Its First-Ever Double Oak Bourbon Wheel Horse Whiskey has built a loyal following by doing something most brands won't: releasing genuinely interesting, seasonally rotated limited editions at prices that don't requi

Elijah Craig Expands Its Single Barrel Lineup: The Story Behind the 21-Year-Old Release and Where It Fits in a Decades-Long Legacy Heaven Hill Distilleries has never been a company that rushes anything. From the rickhouses stacked deep with aging bourbon in the hills around Bardstown, Kentucky, to

Kansas City has made itself known across the American sporting world through championship football, big-league baseball, and a homegrown food and drink culture that punches well above its weight. Now, in the summer of 2026, the city steps into an even larger arena — hosting matches for the FIFA Wor

Shankar Distillers Drops Varchas 250th Anniversary Edition Bourbon, Putting Michigan Craft Whiskey Front and Center for America's Semiquincentennial There are not many moments in history when a nation pauses to take stock of 250 years of itself — of everything it has built, lost, fought for, and d