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Ireland Opens the Books on Irish Whiskey: A Landmark Review of the Rules That Define a Nation's Spirit Something significant is happening on the island of Ireland this summer, and it has nothing to do with the weather. On June 26, 2026, the Irish government formally opened a public consultation th

A New Category Is Born: Inside SHĀNG, the Baijiu Whiskey Bridging China and Kentucky There is a moment in the history of every major spirits category when someone with enough ambition, expertise, and cross-cultural vision decides the old borders no longer apply. Bourbon broke free from its regiona

Miles Munroe Leaves Westward Whiskey After 13 Years, Launches Grimoire Spirits The American single malt whiskey category lost one of its most consequential architects last week. Miles Munroe, the master blender who spent thirteen years shaping Westward Whiskey's identity from the inside out, has d

Jefferson's Bourbon Drops Founder's Reserve 20-Year: A 250-Bottle Salute to America's 250th Birthday Some bourbon releases arrive with a quiet dignity that only time can manufacture. Jefferson's Bourbon's new Founder's Reserve 20-Year-Old is one of those bottles — not loud, not overproduced, but u

Montana's Oldest Distillery Marks America's 250th Birthday With a Five-Year Bourbon Built for the Moment Not every anniversary bottle deserves serious attention. The spirits industry has a long history of slapping a commemorative label on an existing product and calling it a limited release. What

Australia's Archie Rose Wins Rye Whisky of the Year at the 2026 London Spirits Competition For most American whiskey drinkers, rye is a firmly domestic story — a grain and a tradition rooted in the fields of Pennsylvania and Maryland, distilled into the backbone of American cocktail culture, and r

The Van Winkle Family Reserve Rye 13 Year Just Hit $1,149.99 — Here's What That Number Actually Means When a bottle of whiskey drops in price by $450, that ordinarily qualifies as good news. But the Van Winkle Family Reserve Rye 13 Year operates on a different register entirely — one where "good n

George Washington's Spirit of '76: Mount Vernon Drops the First Bourbon Ever Made at America's Most Historic Distillery On the Fourth of July, 2026 — the exact date America marks its 250th birthday — George Washington's Mount Vernon will release something that has never existed before: a bourbon.

Bardstown Bourbon Company's Distillery Reserve Mars Wins Double Gold at the 2026 San Francisco World Spirits Competition There are not many distilleries in the world with the audacity to ship Japanese single malt across the Pacific, pour it into a barrel already occupied by decade-old Kentucky bou

Indri Ilika: India's Fastest-Growing Single Malt Just Made Its Most Ambitious Move in Global Travel Retail There is a moment in every serious whisky brand's lifecycle when it stops chasing the market and starts shaping it. For Indri Single Malt Indian Whisky — the label out of Piccadily Agro Indus