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Chicago's Van Winkle Legacy Goes Under the Hammer — and the Results Were Staggering There are bourbon auctions, and then there are moments that rewrite what collectors thought they knew about the market. What just went down at Unicorn, the Chicago-based whiskey auction house, was firmly the latter

There's a particular kind of patience that separates serious whiskey making from the rest of the spirits world. It's the kind that lets barrels sit untouched for over a decade, resisting the urge to bottle early, waiting until the whiskey is ready rather than when it's convenient. A. Smith Bowman

Root Shoot's American Single Malt Takes Spirit of the Year at the London Spirits Competition There's a farm in Loveland, Colorado, sitting at the foot of the Rockies, where a fifth-generation family has been working the same land for over a century. For most of that time, the Olander family was kn

There are moments in the whiskey world that stop you in your tracks. Not because of flashy marketing or a celebrity co-sign, but because the liquid in the bottle actually means something. The Star Hill Farm Whisky from Maker's Mark is one of those moments — and now, with the 2026 release hitting sh

A bourbon brand built on American heritage puts its money where its heart is Yellowstone Bourbon has quietly been doing something the spirits industry rarely sees — writing real checks for conservation, year after year, without making a spectacle of it. The brand recently renewed its annual partne

The second annual release of Four Roses' Single Barrel Collection is here, and it brings three more expressions that most bourbon drinkers won't find in the distillery's standard lineup. Set to hit shelves nationwide in May, the trio is bottled at 100 proof and priced at $49.99 each — the kind of v

Why Platforms Like Unicorn Are Changing How Americans Buy Whiskey For anyone who has ever walked into a liquor store looking for a bottle of Pappy Van Winkle or Michter's 10 Year and walked out empty-handed, the frustration is familiar. Limited production runs, tight distributor allocations, and r

A Kentucky Legend Goes Uncut for the First Time There are moments in the whiskey world that feel genuinely significant — not just another limited release dressed up in marketing language, but something that represents a real shift in how a distillery presents its work. Michter's latest announcem

Jack Daniel's has had a busy stretch lately. The Lynchburg, Tennessee distillery's parent company, Brown-Forman, has been making headlines over reported merger and acquisition talks with both Sazerac — the Louisville-based company behind Buffalo Trace — and French spirits giant Pernod Ricard, which

There are bourbon releases, and then there are the ones that make you stop and think about what whiskey can actually be. The new Widow Jane Tequila Ocho Cask Finish Bourbon falls firmly in the second category — not because it chases a gimmick, but because it's the product of a genuine, multi-year f