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The Bourbon Texas Weather Built
Milam & Greene's Live Oak Is Seven Years of Hill Country Patience in a Glass There is a particular kind of stubbornness required to make whiskey the right way. Not the fast way, not the convenient way — the right way. Milam & Greene Whiskey, operating out of Blanco, Texas, has built its re
From Seed to Sip: The Whiskey That Starts in the Ground
What "Seed to Sip" Actually Means Most people who enjoy a good pour of whiskey have heard the phrase "farm-to-table." It's become a standard idea in food culture — local ingredients, grown nearby, handled with care. But when that same concept crosses over into the world of whiskey, things get a li
Texas Whiskey Is Writing Its Own Rules — And Winning
The ninth annual Texas Whiskey Festival made one thing crystal clear this spring: Texas whiskey isn't playing catch-up to anyone anymore. Held in Austin, the festival's 2026 edition delivered its annual blind tasting results, and the bottles that rose to the top tell a story about a whiskey culture
Three Bottles. A Century of Bourbon History. All for a Good Cause.
When Max Shapira decided to part with three bottles from his personal bourbon collection, he wasn't just selling whiskey. He was putting more than a century of American distilling history on the block — and doing it for charity. Shapira, the executive chairman of Heaven Hill Distillery, has cur
Green River Just Changed the Honey Bourbon Game
A Kentucky Distillery Cuts Through the Noise With Something Real There's a lot of noise in the flavored whiskey space. Honey this, apple that — most of it sweetened up with artificial flavoring and vague ingredient lists that nobody in their right mind would bother reading twice. Green River Disti
Murder, Bourbon, and a Woman With Something to Prove
Filmland Spirits Drops a Kentucky-Only Release That's Equal Parts Mystery and Whiskey There's a body on the distillery floor. A barrel crushed the man. His daughter's name is written in blood across the wood. And somewhere in the middle of all that — there's a really good bourbon. That's the w
Green River Rye Just Changed the Conversation
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
A Kentucky Bourbon Legend Finds Its Way Back to the Shelf
The Pride of Anderson County Is Back — and This Time, It Means Business It doesn't happen often that a whiskey series gets a second shot at making its mark. Most of the time, when something disappears from the bourbon world, it stays gone. But Rare Character Whiskey Company is proving that rule wr
Bardstown Rye Just Beat Every Whiskey in the Room
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
The FBI Director Who Brands Everything, Including His Bourbon
There is a long tradition at the FBI of keeping a low profile. For decades after J. Edgar Hoover — who once handed out souvenir fingerprint cards with his own name on them — the directors who followed made a point of staying out of the spotlight. No branded merchandise, no personality cults, no swa
