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Frank August's Case Study 07 "French Connection": Kentucky's Most Ambitious Whiskey Blend of 2026 There is a particular kind of confidence required to walk into one of the most tradition-bound spirits categories in America and announce, without apology, that the old playbook is being rewritten. Jo

Union Horse Distilling Co. Drops Limited "Match Day" Whiskey to Commemorate Kansas City's World Cup Summer When the 2026 FIFA World Cup arrives in Kansas City this summer, hundreds of thousands of soccer fans from across the globe will pour into a city that — quietly, steadily, over the last sixte

There's a certain kind of whiskey drinker who has tried everything on the shelf twice over, and for that guy, a new bottle from a distillery he already trusts is worth paying attention to. Barton 1792 Distillery, the folks who've been making whiskey in Bardstown, Kentucky since 1879, just rolled ou

Founders Brewing Crosses Into Bourbon Country With Its First-Ever KBS Bourbon For more than two decades, Founders Brewing Co. has occupied a rare space in American craft beer — a brewery whose most celebrated release isn't just beloved, it's genuinely transformative. Kentucky Breakfast Stout, know

Wooler Brands Is Back: A Comeback Story Bottled in Bardstown The bourbon world has no shortage of new brand launches — press releases arrive every week promising the next great American whiskey, each one louder and more polished than the last. Most fade quietly from shelves within two years. But e

Old Pulteney Turns 200 With Its Most Ambitious Whisky Release Ever — A 50-Year-Old That Rewrites the Record Books There are distilleries that make whisky, and then there are distilleries that make history. Old Pulteney, the weather-beaten operation tucked into Scotland's far northern coastline in

A Small-Town Kentucky Distillery Just Made a Big Patriotic Move With Spirit 76 Deep in Logan County, Kentucky, in a town most Americans could not find on a map, a small craft distillery has made one of the more fitting launches of the America250 season. Shawn McCormick, owner and founder of B.H. J

Coors Whiskey Co. Drops a Rare 8-Year Blended American Malt — Only 1,200 Bottles Exist When most people picture Coors, they picture a cold can cracked open at a tailgate, or the silver bullet sitting in a cooler at the edge of a mountain stream. Whiskey does not typically enter the frame. But Coor

From Champagne Country to the Whisky World: The Moutard Family's Boldest Release Yet There are a handful of distilleries in the world capable of drawing a straight, unbroken line between the soil under their feet and the spirit in their bottle. The Moutard family of Buxeuil, France, is one of them

Some distilleries take their time. Jackson Purchase Distillery is not one of them. Barely a year removed from putting its very first bottle on store shelves, the Hickman, Kentucky outfit is already back with two more bourbons, and each one tells a different story about what this young company is tr