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Whiskey JYPSI and Gibson Guitars Flip the Script with Tonewood, a Bourbon Finished in Guitar Wood The relationship between American whiskey and American music has always been elemental — bourbon and country, rye and the blues, Tennessee sour mash and everything in between. But the partnership that

For nearly forty years, Bulleit Frontier Whiskey has made bourbon drinkers and rye drinkers pick a side. That ends now. The company just announced Bulleit '87, a brand new whiskey that puts bourbon and rye in the same bottle for the first time since Bulleit started making whiskey back in 1987. It's

There's a reason more bourbon drinkers are looking past Kentucky these days, and a distillery out of Centennial, Colorado just gave everyone another reason to pay attention. Branch & Barrel Distilling walked away with four medals from the Bartenders Spirits Awards and two more from the SIP A

There's a certain kind of patience that doesn't get talked about enough anymore. The kind where someone puts something away, walks off, and doesn't come back to check on it for two decades. That's essentially what happened with the whiskey inside the newest bottle from Barrell Craft Spirits, and th

Virginia Raises a Glass to 250 Years: The Story Behind the Most Historically Loaded Spirits Release of 2026 In the spring of 2026, while the rest of the country was busy planning parades and fireworks, nine Virginia craft distilleries quietly did something far more deliberate — they went back to t

Garrison Brothers Is Dropping Laguna Madre on August 8 — and This Year It Comes With a Cask Strength First Mark August 8 on your calendar and plan for an early start. On Saturday, August 8, 2026, Garrison Brothers, the first and oldest legal whiskey distillery in Texas, will release one of its mos

Nashville Barrel Company Plants Its Flag in Bourbon Country with the Louisville Rickhouse Whiskey Company There is a particular kind of audacity in a Tennessee whiskey outfit walking into Louisville, Kentucky — the undisputed seat of American bourbon culture — and opening up shop. Nashville Barrel

For two years, if a man wanted a bottle of Koopers Barrel Reserve Bourbon, he had one option: get in the truck and drive to Ledbetter, Texas. That's no longer the case. The tasting room favorite that's been quietly building a following among serious bourbon drinkers is now available to order online

Redwood Empire Whiskey's Colonel Armstrong Wheated Bourbon Is California's Most Ambitious Blend Yet Most bourbon releases in 2026 arrive with a backstory grafted on after the fact — a name chosen by a marketing committee, a label dressed up in heritage it didn't earn. Redwood Empire Whiskey's new

Where the Pit Meets the Barrel: Pursuit Spirits and Meat Church Release the Honey Hog Barrel Bourbon There is a long tradition in American food and drink culture of treating the smoker and the whiskey glass as companions rather than competitors. Ribs and rye, brisket and bourbon — these are relati