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Tamworth Distilling's Venison Whiskey Defies Convention
The Deerslayer: Tamworth Distilling's Venison Whiskey Is the Most Audacious Bottle to Come Out of New England There is a well-worn tradition in American whiskey of pushing against convention — of daring the drinker to reconsider what a spirit can be. Rye mash bills, barrel finishing, cask strength
Amrut Kranthi: India's First Non-Chill Filtered Single Malt
Amrut Kranthi: India's First Non-Chill Filtered Single Malt Has Arrived — And It's Only $39.99 There's a word that keeps surfacing in conversations about the global whisky industry lately, and it isn't "Scotch." It isn't "bourbon," either. It's "India." For the better part of two decades, Amrut Di
Black Velvet Whisky Turns 75 Amid Canada-U.S. Trade War
A 75th Birthday Party With a Dark Cloud Overhead: Black Velvet Whisky and the Canada-U.S. Trade War There are not many ways to celebrate a 75th anniversary in the whisky business that feel genuinely earned. Decades of grain, water, oak, and patience stack up behind every milestone, and the Lethbri
Why the American Whiskey Doom Narrative Gets It Wrong
Lawson Whiting's Parting Shot: Why the American Whiskey 'Doom' Narrative Gets It Wrong There is a version of the American whiskey story being told right now in trade publications, on analyst calls, and in the back rooms of distributors across the country that goes something like this: the boom is
A Colorado Farm Family Opens Its First Six-Year Whiskeys
Some things can't be rushed, and a good whiskey is one of them. That is the thinking behind two new bottles from Root Shoot Spirits, a Loveland, Colorado distillery that has just put out its first 6-year American Single Malt whiskeys. The announcement came on September 15, 2026. Both bottles are li
Blue Note Honey Whiskeys Return After Two Sellouts
Some whiskey bottles disappear from the shelf before most people know they exist. That is what happened to the Honey Bourbon and Honey Rye Cask Whiskeys from Blue Note Bourbon in Memphis, Tennessee. Both sold out fast in each of the past two years. Now the third annual release is here, and the comp
Registration Opens for the 2027 DISCUS Annual Conference in Washington, D.C.
The Distilled Spirits Council of the United States, known as DISCUS, has opened registration for its 2027 Annual Conference. The event runs March 15-17 at the Omni Shoreham hotel in Washington, D.C. DISCUS is the leading voice and advocate for the U.S. spirits industry. It announced that people can
Pappy & Co. and Shady Rays Launch Limited Sunglasses Collab
Pappy & Co. and Shady Rays Just Dropped the Most Coveted Non-Bourbon Collectible of Bourbon Season Every September, a peculiar kind of mania descends on the American whiskey world. Lottery tickets get submitted, retailer relationships get tested, and social media fills with people either celeb
Glen Scotia Icons of Campbeltown No. 4 Griffin Release
Glen Scotia's Icons of Campbeltown No. 4 Is Here — and a Mythical Griffin Is Guarding Every Drop Campbeltown sits at the end of a long, winding peninsula on the southwest coast of Scotland, a place most American whisky drinkers couldn't find on a map but would recognize instantly in the glass. It
Jeptha Creed's Solera Bourbon: A Decade of Grain-to-Glass
Ten Years Down, One Bottle to Show for All of It: Jeptha Creed's Solera Aged Bourbon Is a Decade in the Making Most craft distilleries mark an anniversary with a label refresh or a press release about hitting a distribution milestone. Jeptha Creed Distillery isn't wired that way. The Shelbyville,
