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The Mississippi Runs Through It: How O.H. Ingram Is Reinventing Bourbon Aging on the River Stand on the western edge of Kentucky in Hickman County and breathe deep. The air smells nothing like the muddy water and diesel you might expect from a working barge operation. Instead, it carries the unmis

Karuizawa Distillers Breaks Ground on Furaliss, Its Second Distillery — and the Most Ambitious Bet Yet in Japanese Whisky The Japanese whisky world has been on a sustained upward trajectory for years, drawing collectors, drinkers, and investors from across the globe. But few companies have moved w

Maker's Mark Takes Bourbon to New Heights With Its Perfectly Unreasonable Bar Atop Aspen Mountain There is a certain breed of bourbon drinker who isn't satisfied unless the experience surrounding the pour is every bit as memorable as what's in the glass. Maker's Mark, the 73-year-old Kentucky inst

Woven Whisky Is Bringing Blending Back to Leith — and This Time, Everyone's Invited On a stretch of Edinburgh's waterfront where the warehouses once sweated with the smell of aging spirit and the docks hummed with barrels bound for every corner of the empire, something is stirring again. Woven Whi

Willett Fills First Barrel at New Springfield Distillery, Marking One of the Most Significant Expansions in Its Nearly 90-Year History On June 18, 2026, a single barrel of new-make whiskey rolled into a rickhouse on a 150-acre stretch of Washington County farmland in Springfield, Kentucky, and wit

Colorado's Whiskey Moment: How Onyx & Amber's 700ml Move Is Reshaping Craft Spirits Tourism and Global Ambition Something significant is happening along the Front Range. Denver, long synonymous with craft beer and big mountain air, is now earning a serious second reputation — this one built on

There's an old saying among whiskey drinkers: it's what's in the bottle that counts. But anyone who's spent time browsing the bourbon aisle knows that the label matters too. It's the first handshake between a bottle and a buyer, and for one of Texas's most decorated whiskey makers, that handshake j

Iron Smoke Whiskey Crosses the Country: New York's Applewood-Smoked Bourbon Lands in California There are distilleries that play it safe — standard mash bills, familiar flavor profiles, distribution strategies that hug the coasts where the name already means something. Then there are distilleries

The Deal That Changes Everything Wyoming Whiskey is back in Wyoming hands. After nearly eight years under partial ownership by Edrington, the Scotland-based spirits giant behind The Macallan, the pioneering Rocky Mountain distillery has been fully acquired by a Wyoming-based investment group calle

The Memphis-based whiskey that has been quietly racking up awards and building a loyal following just got a whole lot easier to find. B.R. Distilling Company announced on June 22, 2026 that its Blue Note Bourbon portfolio is expanding distribution into Indiana and Nebraska, while also making a di