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Three Casks, One Vote | Copperworks’ Final Color Cask
Some whiskey stories begin with a recipe. Others begin with a barrel. The latest chapter from Copperworks Distilling Co. in Seattle starts with a cask that was already old long before anyone in Washington state was making single malt. It spent around two centuries in Spain, quietly doing a job most
Blade and Bow Unveils Rare 30-Year Cask Strength
Some whiskeys get talked about for a season and then fade. Others take three decades just to reach the starting line. Blade and Bow, the bourbon brand tied to the storied Stitzel-Weller Distillery in Louisville, Kentucky, has announced a new bottling that falls firmly in the second group. It is cal
Barrell’s Releases 22-Year Sweet Peat: Can Smoke Taste Sweet?
Barrell Craft Spirits has built its name on doing things a little differently. Since 2013, the Louisville, Kentucky company has worked as an independent blender, pulling together aged, cask strength whiskeys from different places and shaping them into something new. Its latest release may be one of
Can 1792’s Sweet Wheat Get Bolder at 125 Proof?
Bardstown, Kentucky has been making whiskey for a long time, and few places there can claim the kind of history Barton 1792 Distillery carries. On October 28, 2026, the distillery announced a new release that takes one of its best-known bottles and pushes it into stronger territory. The new whiskey
Chattanooga Whiskey's Moldovan Ice Wine Cask Is Truly Unique
From the Black Sea to the Barrelhouse: Chattanooga Whiskey's Moldovan Ice Wine Cask Finished Is Unlike Anything in Tennessee There is no shortage of cask-finished whiskeys on American shelves right now. Port, sherry, rum, even tequila — the list of "finishing" vessels has grown long enough that th
Heaven Hill Phoenix: Bourbon Born From the Fire
A Bourbon Built Around the Night Everything Burned Some whiskey gets its story from a clever bit of marketing. Heaven Hill Phoenix gets its story from a real disaster. Thirty years after a fire tore through the original Heaven Hill distillery in Bardstown, Kentucky, the company has announced a lim
KNOBEL's 7-Year Single Barrel Honors Skilled Trades Legacy
KNOBEL Drops a Seven-Year Single Barrel to Mark Eighteen Years of Skilled Trades Advocacy On October 8, 2026, KNOBEL Spirits LLC did something that the American whiskey market does not see every day: it released a limited-run, barrel-strength Tennessee whiskey not primarily to chase collectors or
Russell's Reserve 2026 Single Rickhouse Camp Nelson D is Here
Russell's Reserve Single Rickhouse 2026 — Camp Nelson D Arrives With Its Most Surprising Flavor Profile Yet There's a question that doesn't come up often in serious bourbon circles: can a straight Kentucky bourbon, made from a traditional mash bill, aged in new charred oak, taste so convincingly o
Tennessee Bourbon Gets a Monopoly Collector's Edition
When Tennessee Bourbon Meets the World's Most Famous Board Game There are bourbon collaborations, and then there are the ones that make you stop and think about what a brand is actually trying to say about itself. The new MONOPOLY: Bib & Tucker Collector's Edition, which landed on October 14,
World's First Chestnut Cask Whiskey by Midleton Very Rare
The World's First Chestnut Cask Whiskey: Inside Midleton Very Rare's Irish Chestnut Edition For as long as whiskey has been made, wood has been its silent architect. Oak — American white oak, European sessile oak, Quercus alba, Quercus petraea — has ruled the barrel house without serious challenge
