Recent Whiskey News

For more than two decades, John Campbell was the steady hand behind one of Scotland’s most famous names in whisky. As the only Islay native ever to serve as distillery manager at Laphroaig, he spent years coaxing that unmistakable iodine-and-campfire smoke out of peat-fired kilns on a windswept Sco

For years, the folks at Bird Dog Whiskey have owned the flavored-whiskey world. They kicked the whole category off back in 2010 and went on to rack up more awards than any other flavored brand on the planet. Peach, Blackberry, Apple, Chocolate—you name it, they made it taste good and made it win me

Every man who enjoys a good pour knows the quiet disappointment of reaching for the bottle during a long evening with friends and realizing it’s already running low. Chattanooga Whiskey just fixed that problem. The Tennessee distillery rolled out its flagship Chattanooga Whiskey 91 in a honest-to-g

Every December, the same problem hits a lot of guys: you’ve got a brother-in-law who already owns every tool known to man, a boss who pretends he doesn’t want anything, and a fishing buddy who swears he’s happy with a six-pack. Then you remember the one thing they never turn down—a really good bott

Deep in the rolling hills of southern Indiana, just a stone’s throw from the Kentucky line, a little outfit called Starlight Distillery just pulled off something most people thought was impossible. They took a bourbon finished in rare Japanese Mizunara oak, priced it at around 150 bucks, and walked

Deep in Kentucky horse country, a small father-and-son operation just knocked the socks off the entire spirits world. When the International Wine and Spirits Competition dropped its 2025 Top 50 Spirits Producers list, 15 STARS came in as the number-one craft bourbon maker in the country, third-best

Riley Green has never been the kind of guy who just sings about the country life – he lives it. From the duck blinds of Alabama at 4 a.m. to the stages of sold-out arenas, the man bleeds camo and honky-tonk in equal measure. So when word got out that the platinum-selling, four-time CMA winner was p

Milwaukee basketball fans who also happen to enjoy a good pour of Tennessee whiskey have reason to smile this fall. Jack Daniel’s just released the second limited-edition bottle in its ongoing partnership with the Milwaukee Bucks, and early word from the people who helped create it is that this one

Deep in the heart of Texas Hill Country, a tiny batch of bourbon just hit the shelves that might make a grown man stare at his glass and forget the football game is on. Milam & Greene Whiskey released Unabridged Volume 4 this month, and if you manage to get your hands on a bottle, you’ll unders

America turns 250 in 2026, and Kentucky is throwing the party every serious whiskey man has been waiting for. Mark your calendar for February 13-15 in Louisville: the very first Kentucky Bourbon Country Auction and Celebration is coming, and it’s bringing once-in-a-lifetime bottles, barrel picks yo