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Louisville's Old Fashioned Fortnight: Two Weeks of Bourbon Culture
The City That Invented the Drink Knows How to Celebrate It Louisville, Kentucky has never been shy about its relationship with bourbon. The city that sits at the heart of America's whiskey country has built an entire identity around the spirit, and every June, that identity gets put on full displa
Tennessee Whiskey Just Got a New Name Worth Knowing
There's a new Tennessee whiskey on the shelf, and it didn't come from some startup looking to cash in on a trend. AJ Bond Tennessee Whiskey is the product of a decade-long partnership between two serious distillers, one of whom didn't live to see the bottle hit stores. That story alone makes it wor
Michter's 10 Year Rye Returns June 2026: The Full Story
Michter's 10 Year Single Barrel Rye Is Coming in June 2026 — And It's Worth Every Bit of the Hype Louisville-based Michter's has confirmed that its coveted 10 Year Single Barrel Kentucky Straight Rye will ship to retailers this June, kicking off what's shaping up to be one of the most anticipated
Wisconsin Whiskey Shop Uses Google Gemini AI to Fix Bourbon Buying
Meet BOB: The Wisconsin Whiskey Shop Using Google Gemini AI to End the Guesswork of Buying Bourbon Every serious whiskey drinker has the same story. You're standing in a spirit shop, scanning a wall of hundreds of bottles, and eventually you grab something based on the label, the price tag, or
Little Book Chapter 10: Freddie Noe's Most Mature Blend Yet
Little Book Chapter 10: How Freddie Noe's "All the Wiser" Became the Most Mature Release in the Series There are milestones in American whiskey that get measured in decades — a distillery's founding anniversary, a brand's centennial, an age statement that stretches back before most collectors were
Bourbon Exports Collapse Amid Tariffs and Trade Wars
Bourbon's Global Crisis: How Tariffs, Trade Wars, and America's Fading Soft Power Are Hammering the Spirit Abroad For the better part of two decades, bourbon was on a relentless upward march. The spirit born in Kentucky's limestone-watered hollows became a global phenomenon — poured in Tokyo cockt
Garrison Brothers Ranch Reserve: Texas Bourbon Meets Sherry
Garrison Brothers Launches the Ranch Reserve Series: Two 8-Year Sherry-Finished Bourbons That Rewrite the Texas Playbook Something significant is happening in the Texas Hill Country, and it goes beyond the usual limited-edition pageantry that the bourbon world has grown accustomed to. Garrison Bro
When Dad Deserves More Than a Gift Card: Knob Creek's Father's Day Plans
Father's Day is one of those holidays that tends to bring out the last-minute scramble in people. The gift card. The tie. The bottle of something decent grabbed off a shelf with zero thought behind it. Knob Creek is pushing back against all of that this year, and they're doing it in a way that actu
When Did the Manhattan Become a Boy Martini?
There's a moment happening in American bars right now that says a lot about where drinking culture stands in 2025. Walk into Ray's, the Brooklyn cocktail bar that's become something of a cultural bellwether, and you won't find a Manhattan on the menu. What you will find, right there in the Martini
A Colorado Bourbon Born From Wildfire Ash Just Beat the Best in the Business
The story behind Big Blaze Bourbon is as remarkable as what's inside the bottle Most award-winning bourbons come with a backstory about heritage, family recipes, or some remote grain source. Big Blaze Bourbon from Denver-based Locke + Co. Distillery comes with something entirely different — the