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For forty years, bourbon drinkers have known the name Elmer T. Lee as a kind of shorthand for doing things the right way. Now, for the first time, Buffalo Trace Distillery is letting people taste that philosophy exactly as it comes out of the barrel, with nothing added and nothing taken away.

Loch Lomond's Waypoint 31 Year Old: The Oldest Peated Single Malt the Distillery Has Ever Released There's a particular kind of patience required to make whisky that most people will never get to try. Thirty-one years of waiting while the world outside the warehouse shifts and changes — while dist

Ardbeg Trudernish: The Distillery's First Permanent 15-Year-Old Is Here — And It's Already Winning Gold There are moments in the Scotch whisky world that feel genuinely overdue, and the arrival of Ardbeg Trudernish is one of them. Ardbeg has unveiled the first permanent 15-year-old expression to i

September Means Bourbon, and This Year a Texas Brand Wants a Seat at the Table Every September, whiskey drinkers across the country mark Bourbon Heritage Month by pulling out their favorite pours and maybe trying something new. This year, a Texas-based whiskey company called Koopers Whiskey is usi

Buzzard's Roost French Double Oak Bourbon Is Back — and It's Borrowed Straight from the Wine World's Most Celebrated Forest There are bourbon releases that show up, fill a slot on a shelf, and disappear. Then there are releases that sell out fast enough to create a waiting list the next time aroun

Four Roses Experimental Series No. 002 Honey Cask Finish: The Bourbon World's Most Inventive New Release There's a moment when a distillery stops playing it safe and starts making history. For Four Roses, that moment arrived in the spring of 2026, when the Lawrenceburg, Kentucky institution releas

Strathearn's Batch 03 Arrives: Scotland's Tiniest Distillery Goes Deeper Into Sherry Territory There is a particular kind of patience required to appreciate what is happening at Strathearn Distillery in Perthshire, Scotland. Every production shift, the small crew fires up the stills and makes enou

Bruichladdich's Octomore 17 Series Is Here, and It's Still the Most Provocative Whisky in the World There's a particular kind of audacity baked into every bottle of Octomore. It's not the audacity of age — these whiskies are young by Scotch standards. It's not the audacity of obscurity, either, si

Baker's 13 Year Old Returns: A 107-Proof Single Barrel Bourbon Worth Hunting Down There are bourbon releases that get the internet clicking, and then there are releases that mean something. Baker's 13 Year Old Single Barrel — bottled at 107 proof, drawn from one barrel at a time, and aged for no f

Redwood Empire's "The Hyperion" Is the Most Ambitious California Whiskey Release in Years Something rare happened in American whiskey this August. A California distillery — one built on approachable, terroir-forward blends — threw out the rulebook entirely and started from scratch. The result is