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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

The votes are in, and Texas has spoken. Milam & Greene walked away from the 9th Annual Texas Whiskey Festival as the top distillery in the state, earning the People's Choice Award Gold after being judged against more than 30 competing Texas distilleries by the festival's own attendees. It's

A Buffalo Trace barrel, nine years of Texas heat, and only 231 bottles to show for it There are whiskey releases, and then there are whiskey releases that actually mean something. The new Koopers 10-Year-Old Straight Rye Whiskey Finished in a Buffalo Trace Barrel falls squarely into the second cat

There's a number the whiskey industry would rather not talk about too loudly. Women make up roughly 40% of whiskey drinkers in the United States and around 35% in the United Kingdom. That's not a fringe figure. That's not a niche trend. That's a massive portion of the consumer base that has been bu

Garrison Brothers Distillery doesn't chase numbers. The team in Hye, Texas, has never been the type to slap an age statement on a bottle just because the market says it sells. So when the 2026 release of Balmorhea arrives with a decade of Texas heat behind it, that's not a marketing decision — it's

Owensboro, Kentucky has been quietly building something serious. What started as a regional gathering centered on barbecue and good times has been steadily transforming into one of the more legitimate bourbon events on the national calendar — and this year, the BBQ & Barrels Bourbon Experience

When Batch 1 of Wenzel's Sherry Barrel Finished Bourbon walked away from the 2025 World Whiskies Awards with the title of World's Best Finished Bourbon, the craft whiskey world took notice. Now, Wenzel Distillery is back with Batch 2, and if anything, the story behind this release is even more inte