Recent Whiskey News

For years, guys who love a good whiskey have been chasing the next big thing—something that feels familiar in the glass but surprises the hell out of you on the first sip. Turns out a small outfit up in the Colorado mountains might have just dropped exactly that. Hoot + Howl Spirits, a craft di

Every year, right after Thanksgiving, a quiet line starts forming outside a little distillery tasting room in Bend, Oregon. Guys in Carhartt jackets, a few with gray beards and ball caps pulled low, stand around sipping coffee from thermoses, talking about hunting season and how the snow level look

For more than two decades, John Campbell was the steady hand behind one of Scotland’s most famous names in whisky. As the only Islay native ever to serve as distillery manager at Laphroaig, he spent years coaxing that unmistakable iodine-and-campfire smoke out of peat-fired kilns on a windswept Sco

For years, the folks at Bird Dog Whiskey have owned the flavored-whiskey world. They kicked the whole category off back in 2010 and went on to rack up more awards than any other flavored brand on the planet. Peach, Blackberry, Apple, Chocolate—you name it, they made it taste good and made it win me

Every man who enjoys a good pour knows the quiet disappointment of reaching for the bottle during a long evening with friends and realizing it’s already running low. Chattanooga Whiskey just fixed that problem. The Tennessee distillery rolled out its flagship Chattanooga Whiskey 91 in a honest-to-g

Every December, the same problem hits a lot of guys: you’ve got a brother-in-law who already owns every tool known to man, a boss who pretends he doesn’t want anything, and a fishing buddy who swears he’s happy with a six-pack. Then you remember the one thing they never turn down—a really good bott

Deep in the heart of Texas Hill Country, a tiny batch of bourbon just hit the shelves that might make a grown man stare at his glass and forget the football game is on. Milam & Greene Whiskey released Unabridged Volume 4 this month, and if you manage to get your hands on a bottle, you’ll unders

There’s something about fall Saturdays in College Station that just feels right. The roar of 100,000-plus fans inside Kyle Field, the smell of barbecue smoke drifting across campus, and now—starting this season—a proper Texas-made whiskey flowing at the stadium and tailgates. Unreined Whiskey, a br

Deep in the rolling hills of Clermont, Kentucky, something strange has been happening inside the James B. Beam rickhouses for the last decade and a half. The same exact mashbill – the recipe of corn, rye, and barley – was poured into barrels and then scattered across different warehouses. Some barr

Deep in the heart of Seattle, where the salt air off Elliott Bay mixes with the smell of fresh-roasted coffee, two old friends just pulled off something that feels like it was thirty-five years in the making. Starting this Black Friday, November 28, 2025, a very limited run of 1,800 bottles of Cop