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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
New Riff's 2026 Single Malt Is Its Most Ambitious Yet
There's a quiet revolution happening in Northern Kentucky, and it doesn't involve bourbon. New Riff Distilling, based in Newport, has just dropped the fourth release of its Single Malt Whiskey — a 2026 expression that pulls together some of the oldest malt whiskeys the distillery has ever produced.
When History Meets the Barrel: Hooten Young's Rarest Release
There are whiskeys made to drink, and there are whiskeys made to remember. The new Constitution Hull Reserve from Hooten Young sits firmly in the second category — and then some. The Texas-based brand, built on the pairing of premium whiskey and cigars, has just announced what may be the most h
