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Bowmore's Captivo Collection Is Where Two Centuries of Islay Whisky Meet New York Design Ambition On August 19, 2026, a distillery that has been laying down whisky since the American Revolution announced a collaboration that nobody in the single malt world saw coming. Bowmore, Islay's oldest licen

Where Kentucky Bourbon Meets a Scottish Castle: The Complete Guide to Castle & Key Distillery There are distilleries, and then there is Castle & Key. Pull off McCracken Pike outside of Frankfort, Kentucky, and what greets you is nothing short of jarring — a limestone castle rising from the

Irish Whiskey's European Surge: A 21.5% Export Jump and What It Means for the Category's Global Future The numbers coming out of the Irish Whiskey Association tell a story that goes well beyond a single headline statistic. New figures show that Irish whiskey export volumes to the European Union ro

Brown-Forman's Whiskey Flat, But RTDs Are Exploding: What the Numbers Mean for the Bourbon Industry The latest earnings report from Brown-Forman — the Louisville-based spirits giant behind Jack Daniel's, Woodford Reserve, and Old Forester — paints a picture of an American whiskey business in trans

Basil Hayden Cognac Cask Reserve: Kentucky Bourbon Meets the French Countryside There are releases that arrive with the subtlety of a footnote, and there are releases that demand your full attention. Basil Hayden's new Cognac Cask Reserve — announced out of Clermont, Kentucky on September 2, 2026

India Turns Up the Heat on Big Whisky: FSSAI Raids Pernod Ricard's Bengaluru Plant in Sweeping Industry Crackdown India's spirits market has long been one of the most coveted growth frontiers in the global drinks industry — a country of 1.4 billion people with a rising middle class, accelerating p

Blue Run Spirits and the Detroit Tigers Unite for a 125th Anniversary Bourbon Worth Hunting Down Two institutions built on craftsmanship, pride, and a stubborn refusal to be ordinary have finally found each other. Blue Run Spirits and the Detroit Tigers are releasing the Detroit Tigers Blue Run Bl

Jones & Mack Bourbon: A Louisville Family's Tribute Poured Into a Bottle There is a particular kind of bourbon that arrives not merely as a product but as an argument — a case made in wood and grain and time for the idea that some stories deserve a permanent address. Louisville-based 2 Cents I

Remus Repeal Reserve Series X and the First-Ever Remus Rye: A Decade of Indiana's Finest Arrives with Its Boldest Chapter Yet Ten years is a long time in bourbon. Distilleries launch annual expressions with big promises, and most fade before they hit a third release. The Remus Repeal Reserve serie

Canadian Whisky Is Losing the American Market — And a Trade War Is Only Part of the Story The numbers trickling out of America's government-controlled liquor markets tell a story that no amount of marketing can paper over. For the 12 months ending July 2026, Canadian whisky sales in US control sta