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India Stakes Its Claim: The IMWA's New Certification Trademark Is the Most Important Move Indian Whisky Has Ever Made For years, American whisky enthusiasts who ventured beyond Scotch and Japanese single malts were confronted with a category that felt simultaneously exciting and chaotic — Indian s

Karuizawa Distillers Breaks Ground on Furaliss, Its Second Distillery — and the Most Ambitious Bet Yet in Japanese Whisky The Japanese whisky world has been on a sustained upward trajectory for years, drawing collectors, drinkers, and investors from across the globe. But few companies have moved w

Maker's Mark Takes Bourbon to New Heights With Its Perfectly Unreasonable Bar Atop Aspen Mountain There is a certain breed of bourbon drinker who isn't satisfied unless the experience surrounding the pour is every bit as memorable as what's in the glass. Maker's Mark, the 73-year-old Kentucky inst

The Receiver Fires Back: Inside Uncle Nearest's Stunning Counterclaim Against Farm Credit Mid-America What began as a straightforward, if brutal, lender enforcement action has taken a turn that almost nobody saw coming. The court-appointed receiver overseeing the battered Uncle Nearest whiskey emp

The 4th Annual American Whiskey Festival Is Headed Back to Louisville — And It's Bigger Than Ever Louisville has never needed much of an excuse to throw a whiskey party, but Watch Hill Proper has been giving the city a particularly good one every August. Watch Hill Proper will host the 4th Annual

Bacardi Goes All In: The Spirits Giant Completes Full Acquisition of Teeling Irish Whiskey For nine years, the relationship between Bacardi Limited and the Teeling Whiskey Company operated like a slow burn — a minority stake here, a majority share there, a gradual tightening of the grip until, on

Alan Jackson's Silverbelly Whiskey Is Now Offering Newlyweds a Personal Gift — Straight From Alan Himself Alan Jackson has spent more than three decades writing songs about love, marriage, and the kind of life worth celebrating. Now, through his Silverbelly Whiskey brand, he's turning that ethos i

Whiskey Thief Distilling Bets $2 Million on NuLu: A Craft Distillery Puts Down Permanent Roots in Louisville When a small craft distillery reaches into its pocket for a $2 million real estate purchase, it is not making a cautious, hedging move. It is making a declaration. Whiskey Thief Distilling

The Dalmore's Long-Awaited 17-Year-Old: A Sherry Trilogy That Changes the Game for Highland Scotch There are distilleries that release something new every few months, chasing trend cycles with limited editions and special casks and promotional bottlings that blur together after a while. And then t

Diageo Rare Series 2026: Five Bottles, Decades in the Making, and a New Standard for Collectible Scotch There are limited releases, and then there are moments in whisky history. The Diageo Rare Series 2026 belongs firmly in the second category. Introduced under the company's Rare & Exceptional