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A whisky club in India just proved something that sounds almost too simple to matter: sometimes the best way to judge a drink is to know absolutely nothing about it going in. That was the entire premise behind the latest release from Paul John Indian Single Malt Whisky and SMAC India, the country's

The Scotsman, the Bourbon, and a Spelling War That's Been Brewing for Centuries There is a debate that has simmered inside whiskey bars, distillery tasting rooms, and online forums for generations — one that predates the internet, predates the cocktail renaissance, and arguably predates American i

Every September, distillers and maltsters across the country mark Craft Malt Month, a shoutout to the small operations that turn raw barley into the base of everything that gets fermented and distilled into whiskey. This year, Seattle's Copperworks Distilling Co. is marking the occasion with someth

There's a moment every serious bourbon drinker chases: the first sip of something that was never watered down to fit a spec sheet. That's the pitch behind the newest release from Knob Creek, and it's arriving just in time for the season when good bottles get passed around living rooms across the co

A Spirit Category Nobody Saw Coming Whiskey drinkers have spent the last decade chasing every angle on the category — high rye mash bills, finishing in wine barrels, single barrel picks, and grain sourced from a single farm down the road. But nobody has really gone after the field pea. Branch &amp

A Whisky That Started Aging Before the Internet Existed Somewhere in a warehouse in the Scottish Highlands, a cask of whisky has been quietly doing nothing but getting better since 1968. That's the year Richard Nixon was elected president, the first man hadn't yet walked on the moon, and a distill

Old Forester's 2026 Birthday Bourbon Arrives With a Twist — And a Jacket to Match Every September 2nd, something happens in American bourbon culture that is equal parts ritual and religion. The date belongs to Old Forester. It always has. Birthday Bourbon is released annually in recognition of the

Town Branch Drops Imperium MMXXVI: The Most Powerful Entry Yet in Lexington's Most Anticipated Annual Series September is the month that belongs to bourbon. Officially recognized as Bourbon Heritage Month, it is when distilleries across Kentucky reach into their deepest reserves, pull out the barr

A New Standard for American Whiskey Knowledge: Inside the Launch of American Whiskey Scholars The American whiskey world has never lacked for passionate drinkers. What it has lacked — at least in any formally credentialed, broadly accessible way — is a rigorous educational framework that treats bo

DISCUS Takes the Fight to Austin: Why Private-Label Spirits Transparency Is Now a Texas Senate Issue On September 15, 2026, the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States brought one of the spirits industry's quieter but increasingly consequential debates directly to the Texas Senate Committee