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A $10,000 Bottle of Charity: Cincinnati's Giving Voice Foundation Returns With Its Third Annual Rare Bourbon Raffle There are bourbon raffles, and then there are moments that make even the most jaded whiskey collector stop scrolling and pay close attention. The Giving Voice Foundation's third ann

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

Nevada's High Desert Just Produced the Oldest Craft Bourbon Ever Aged in the Silver State There is a particular kind of credibility that can only be earned with time. You cannot shortcut it, cannot fabricate it, and certainly cannot buy it off a sourcing broker. In the American craft whiskey world

WhistlePig's Summer 2026 Lineup Is the Most Ambitious the Vermont Distillery Has Ever Assembled Father's Day falls once a year. America's 250th birthday comes around exactly once. WhistlePig, the Shoreham, Vermont rye powerhouse that spent the better part of two decades turning skeptics into devot

Black Maple Hill Is Back — and This Time, It Means Business There are bourbon brands, and then there are bourbon legends. Black Maple Hill occupies that second, rarer category — a name that spent years as shorthand among serious American whiskey drinkers for what the country's finest barrels could

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

There has never been a bourbon quite like this. Not even close. A small independent bottler out of Vergennes, Vermont just pulled off something that nobody in the American whiskey industry had ever done before — they blended straight bourbon from all 50 states into a single bottle. Every state.

Whiskey fans across the country are circling August 29 on their calendars, and for good reason. Brewzle Fest 2026 is heading back to Opelika, Alabama for its third year, and everything about this edition suggests it's going to be the biggest one yet. Ticket sales are already running ahead of last

Breckenridge Distillery Goes All-In on Rye: The World's Highest Distillery Drops Its Most Focused Whiskey Yet There is something almost defiant about distilling whiskey at nearly two miles above sea level. The air is thin, the temperature swings are dramatic, and the barrels breathe in a way that

A Nearly 300-Year-Old Recipe, One July 4th Deadline, and Only 1,000 Bottles to Tell the Story Most American whiskey releases tied to the nation's 250th anniversary are, at best, sincere gestures — a commemorative label slapped on an existing blend, a vintage chosen because the math works out nicel