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A Colorado Bourbon Born From Wildfire Ash Just Beat the Best in the Business
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
Six Years and Eleven Months in the Making: Milam & Greene's Live Oak Bourbon Is Here
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
America Is Turning 250 — There's a Bourbon For That
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
When Bourbon Met Japan: A Whiskey Experiment Unlike Any Other
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 Drops Batch 038 for America's 250th
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
The Bourbon Born from Popcorn That's Rewriting American Whiskey
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
The Best Bourbon of 2026 Has Been Crowned And It Won't Break the Bank
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
When Bourbon Meets Single Malt: A New Kind of American Whiskey
There's a new bottle sitting on shelves right now that doesn't fit neatly into any category most whiskey drinkers would recognize. Virginia Distillery Co. has released something called the Split Barrel Project, and it's exactly what it sounds like — a whiskey that lives in two worlds at once. Half
Heaven Hill Goes All In on Wheat for Its 2026 Grain to Glass Series
Heaven Hill Distillery is making a bold statement with its 2026 Grain to Glass lineup. After two years of exploring different grain combinations, the Kentucky distillery has decided to dedicate this entire year's release to one thing: wheat. Every bottle in the 2026 collection is a wheated bourbon,
Rye Whiskey Was Here First — And WhistlePig Wants America to Remember That
America is approaching a milestone that only comes around once in a lifetime. The country's 250th birthday is on the horizon, and while fireworks, parades, and patriotic speeches are all but guaranteed, one Vermont distillery thinks something important is missing from the celebration: an official A
