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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

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

A Rare Whiskey Built on Patience Every so often, a bottle comes along that says as much about history as it does about flavor. J. Rieger & Co., the Kansas City distillery, has announced the 2026 release of Monogram Whiskey - Kansas City Whiskey Solera Reserve. The distillery calls it its mos

From the Cornish Coast to the World Stage: Tinner Bros Miner's Reserve Arrives on the Global Scene There is a particular kind of confidence it takes to walk into one of the spirits industry's most important international trade events and introduce a whisky that, until recently, most of the world h

A Different Kind of Release From an English Distillery Lancaster Spirits Co has announced its first cream liqueur, and it is a bit of a change of pace for the distillery. The new bottling is made with the distillery’s own single malt spirit and is set to arrive this Autumn. For a company known for

Buzzard's Roost Releases Its Newest Cigar Blend Bourbon — A Growing Series Earns Its Spurs Again Buzzard's Roost has never been a brand content to repeat itself quietly. Since its founding in 2019, the Louisville-based independent whiskey producer has made a habit of releasing expressions that cha

Johnnie Walker Blue Label Gets a New Recipe — And It's Unlike Anything the Brand Has Done Before Johnnie Walker Blue Label has long occupied a singular position in the world of blended Scotch — a bottle that doesn't just sit on a shelf but makes a statement the moment it appears. Since its debut m

When Dublin Meets the Aragua Valley: Teeling and Santa Teresa's Landmark Cask Swap Cross-category collaborations in the spirits world have become something of a familiar headline, but most of them amount to a one-way transfer — one producer ships empty barrels, the other fills them, and the result

Woodford Reserve Turns 30: Two Distillery-Only Releases Mark a Milestone Three Decades in the Making Thirty years is a long time in any industry, but in American whiskey — where patient aging, slow distillation, and the unforgiving mathematics of barrel loss govern everything — three decades carri

Halloween has always been a season for stories told after dark, and one Texas whiskey brand is building its newest release around that idea. Ghostwood Whiskey has introduced 3 Brothers Bourbon, a six-year-old, high-rye bourbon inspired by campfire nights, family traditions and the ghost stories thr