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A 3,000-Year-Old Tomb Recipe Just Became America's Most Talked-About Rye Whiskey Leave it to a Vermont rye distillery to find its next great whiskey idea carved into the wall of an ancient Egyptian burial chamber. WhistlePig has never been shy about pushing the boundaries of what a finishing barre

For decades, if you asked a bourbon drinker to name the single most influential distillery in American whiskey, they might have reached for Buffalo Trace or Heaven Hill, names stitched into the fabric of Kentucky culture. But the honest answer — the one insiders have whispered at trade shows and en

The Ghost of Cask #5627: How Karuizawa's 1960 Vintage Became the Most Mythologized Bottle in Japanese Whisky There are spirits, and then there are objects of obsession. The Karuizawa 1960 — a 52-year-old single malt born from a cask that no longer exists, in a distillery that no longer stands, mad

Brown-Forman Pulls a Century-Old Bourbon Label Off the Shelf to Honor the Man Who Defined the Modern Category There are tributes, and then there are statements. When Brown-Forman announced the return of Kentucky Boy bourbon on September 8, 2026, the Louisville spirits giant did both at once — reac

The 2026 Van Winkle Collection and the Price Reckoning That Was Always Coming Every September, a particular kind of organized anxiety descends on the American bourbon community. A distillery in Frankfort, Kentucky — Buffalo Trace — sends word that a new vintage of the Van Winkle Collection is on t

Four Roses 2026 Limited Edition Small Batch: The Oldest, Most Ambitious Blend in the Series' 19-Year History Every autumn, the bourbon world tilts slightly toward Lawrenceburg, Kentucky. That's when Four Roses Distillery drops its Limited Edition Small Batch — a release that, year after year, mana

Atlanta's Shortbarrel Drops Its Most Ambitious Cigar Batch Yet — 50-Plus Casks, Five Finishing Types, and One Sherry-Led Showstopper There's a certain overlap in the Venn diagram of men who appreciate a well-constructed cigar and men who seek out serious American whiskey. Shortbarrel, the Atlanta-

Old Forester's 2026 Birthday Bourbon Arrives With a Twist — And a Jacket to Match Every September 2nd, something happens in American bourbon culture that is equal parts ritual and religion. The date belongs to Old Forester. It always has. Birthday Bourbon is released annually in recognition of the

Town Branch Drops Imperium MMXXVI: The Most Powerful Entry Yet in Lexington's Most Anticipated Annual Series September is the month that belongs to bourbon. Officially recognized as Bourbon Heritage Month, it is when distilleries across Kentucky reach into their deepest reserves, pull out the barr

India's Whisky Revolution Gets Its Name: Amrut Distilleries Launches Kranthi Single Malt There's a word in Hindi — kranthi — that carries the weight of upheaval, of tectonic shifts in the way things are done. It means revolution. And when Amrut Distilleries chose it as the name for its newest si