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Cedar Ridge Drops Nine and Three Quarters Rye: Iowa's Most Ambitious Whiskey Yet There is a particular kind of confidence required to name a whiskey something as deliberately curious as Nine and Three Quarters. It is not a proof statement. It is not a barrel count or an age declaration. It is an a

Four Roses Finally Breaks Its Own Rules: The Experimental Series No. 001 Is the Distillery's First-Ever Cask-Finished Bourbon For a distillery that has spent more than two decades meticulously building one of the most technically rigorous bourbon programs in Kentucky, the announcement of a cask-fi

Booker's "Milkshake Batch" Is Here — And the Story Behind It Is Pure Kentucky There are bourbon releases, and then there are the ones that make you stop mid-pour and actually think about the man behind the whiskey. Booker's 2026-02 "Milkshake Batch" lands squarely in the second category. It's a bo

Johnnie Walker Blue Label Gets a Knicks Championship Makeover — And It's About Time New York City doesn't do restraint. When the Knicks finally broke a 53-year championship drought, the city erupted — ticker tape, light-post climbers, MSG celebrations that stretched into the early morning hours. N

Garrison Brothers Launches Ranch Reserve Series: Texas Bourbon Gets a Spanish Accent Out on the rolling, wildflower-flecked acreage of Hye, Texas, where the Hill Country sun bakes the earth nine months out of the year and the smell of sweet corn mash drifts across unpaved roads, Garrison Brothers

June 9th, 2026 marks a significant date on the American spirits calendar. The Tasting Alliance officially dropped the full results from two of the most scrutinized competitions in the drinks world: the 2026 San Francisco World Spirits Competition and the 2026 San Francisco Ready-to-Drink Competitio

There's a new bourbon in town, and it's not trying to be everything to everyone. Blade and Bow's 12-Year-Old Solera Reserve is quiet confidence in a bottle — the kind of whiskey that doesn't need to announce itself because it lets what's inside do the talking. Released in June 2026 as a new lim

The Memphis-based whiskey that has been quietly racking up awards and building a loyal following just got a whole lot easier to find. B.R. Distilling Company announced on June 22, 2026 that its Blue Note Bourbon portfolio is expanding distribution into Indiana and Nebraska, while also making a di

A Small English Distillery Is About to Get Smoky — And the Whisky World Should Pay Attention Lancaster Spirits Co. has spent its early years building a quiet reputation in the English single malt scene. Now the Lancaster, England-based independent distillery is making a move that signals it has bi

Scotland's Scotch Whisky Industry Stares Down a Road to Nowhere The dram in your glass traveled a long way to reach you — not just in years of maturation, but in actual miles of Scottish road, often crumbling single-lane carriageways threading through the Highlands between some of the world's most