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When Scotland Meets the Pacific Northwest
How a Seattle Distillery Bottled History Across Two Continents There are whiskeys, and then there are whiskeys with a story worth sitting down for. The latest release from Copperworks Distilling Co. out of Seattle falls firmly in the second category — and it might just be one of the more interes
The Program That's Shaping the Future of the American Bar Scene
A New Class Steps Into One of Hospitality's Most Competitive Training Grounds Every year, bartenders from around the world send in applications hoping for a shot at one of the most respected training programs in the drinks business. Most don't make it. The ones who do spend a week in New Orleans w
Four Branches Bourbon Honors Service With Two Landmark Releases
There's a bourbon company out there that didn't start with a marketing team or a focus group. It started with four veterans who came home from four different branches of the United States military — the Army, Navy, Air Force, and the Marine Corps — and decided that some stories are too important to
The Bourbon Texas Weather Built
Milam & Greene's Live Oak Is Seven Years of Hill Country Patience in a Glass There is a particular kind of stubbornness required to make whiskey the right way. Not the fast way, not the convenient way — the right way. Milam & Greene Whiskey, operating out of Blanco, Texas, has built its re
From Seed to Sip: The Whiskey That Starts in the Ground
What "Seed to Sip" Actually Means Most people who enjoy a good pour of whiskey have heard the phrase "farm-to-table." It's become a standard idea in food culture — local ingredients, grown nearby, handled with care. But when that same concept crosses over into the world of whiskey, things get a li
Tales of the Cocktail 2026: New Orleans Ignites
The World's Premier Drinks Conference Is Back New Orleans has never needed much of an excuse to throw a party, but when Tales of the Cocktail rolls into town every July, it becomes something else entirely. The 24th annual Tales of the Cocktail is set for July 19 through 24, 2026, headquartered o
Texas Whiskey Is Writing Its Own Rules — And Winning
The ninth annual Texas Whiskey Festival made one thing crystal clear this spring: Texas whiskey isn't playing catch-up to anyone anymore. Held in Austin, the festival's 2026 edition delivered its annual blind tasting results, and the bottles that rose to the top tell a story about a whiskey culture
Three Bottles. A Century of Bourbon History. All for a Good Cause.
When Max Shapira decided to part with three bottles from his personal bourbon collection, he wasn't just selling whiskey. He was putting more than a century of American distilling history on the block — and doing it for charity. Shapira, the executive chairman of Heaven Hill Distillery, has cur
Green River Just Changed the Honey Bourbon Game
A Kentucky Distillery Cuts Through the Noise With Something Real There's a lot of noise in the flavored whiskey space. Honey this, apple that — most of it sweetened up with artificial flavoring and vague ingredient lists that nobody in their right mind would bother reading twice. Green River Disti
Murder, Bourbon, and a Woman With Something to Prove
Filmland Spirits Drops a Kentucky-Only Release That's Equal Parts Mystery and Whiskey There's a body on the distillery floor. A barrel crushed the man. His daughter's name is written in blood across the wood. And somewhere in the middle of all that — there's a really good bourbon. That's the w
