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There are bourbon releases, and then there are bourbon releases that actually mean something. The new "Yam Jam by Kelsey Plum" falls into the second category — not just because of the name on the bottle, but because of how it came to be and what it represents for one of America's most storied disti

Stitzel-Weller Just Dropped the Oldest Bourbon in Its History — and Only 176 People Can Get One There are bourbons, and then there are bourbons that make you stop and think about where you were in 1992. Stitzel-Weller Distillery in Louisville, Kentucky just released what it's calling its oldest bo

A New Bourbon Brand Connects America's Birthday to the Birthplace of Bourbon There are not many bottles sitting on a liquor store shelf that can trace their name all the way back to 1776. The new Kentucke County line from 15 STARS Fine-Aged Bourbon is one of them — and the story behind it is worth

A Kentucky Family Distillery Just Changed the Heirloom Grain Game There's a small farm in Shelbyville, Kentucky where something quietly remarkable has been happening. Out on 64 acres of working farmland, a family has been doing something almost no one else in the American spirits industry bothers

Virginia Distillery Co. is doing something that, according to the company, has never been done before in the United States. The Virginia-based distillery has launched what it calls The Split Barrel Project, a new limited-release series built around blending Kentucky Straight Bourbon with American S

A Single Cask From Washington That Changes the Conversation on American Single Malt There are whiskeys that show up and quietly take their place on a shelf, and then there are whiskeys that make people in the industry stop and pay attention. Copperworks Distilling Co.'s newest release — Single

There are not many moments in a country's history bigger than turning 250 years old, and WhistlePig Whiskey is not letting the occasion pass without raising a glass — or two. The Vermont-based distillery has announced a pair of limited releases built specifically around America's semidecentennial,

There's a certain kind of bourbon drinker who has been around long enough to know when a distillery is doing something genuinely different — and when they're just dressing up the familiar in a new bottle. Blue Run Spirits is betting that its new Blueprint Series falls squarely into the first catego

Seven Years in the Making, Ten Barrels Total — This One Means Something There are bourbon releases, and then there are bourbon releases that actually mean something. Starlight Distillery's latest falls firmly into the second category. The southern Indiana craft distillery has announced a new limit

The Spirit Forward Campaign Reminds Us That Bourbon, Rye, and the American Story Were Always the Same Story Before there was a Declaration of Independence, before there was a Constitution, before there was even a president, there were distilleries. And there were taverns. And in those taverns, men