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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

A Dream Project at The Kentucky Castle Is Now Mired in Debt and Litigation When Wes Henderson sold Angel's Envy to Bacardi in 2015, it capped one of the most celebrated entrepreneurial runs in modern bourbon history. The brand he built alongside his father, the late master distiller Lincoln Hender

Cleveland Whiskey Acquires Seekers Bourbon from Everwild Spirits in a Bold Ohio-to-Ohio Deal Two of Ohio's most closely watched craft whiskey operations have struck a deal that quietly reshuffles the state's artisan spirits landscape. Cleveland Whiskey — the technology-forward distillery that has

From Fireball to Ol' Crimson: How Washington State Is Using Alcohol to Fund Its NIL Revolution Somewhere between Pullman's wheat fields and Seattle's Pike Place waterfront, Washington State University's scrappy NIL infrastructure has quietly pulled off one of college football's more creative fundr

Penelope Bourbon's Classic Series Is the Brand's Most Deliberate Move Yet There are brands that grow by accident and brands that grow by design. Penelope Bourbon has always been the latter. From the moment founders Michael Paladini and Danny Polise cold-called liquor retailers from a New Jersey pa

Wheel Horse Whiskey Drops Two New Limited Releases: A Rum-Finished Double Mash and Its First-Ever Double Oak Bourbon Wheel Horse Whiskey has built a loyal following by doing something most brands won't: releasing genuinely interesting, seasonally rotated limited editions at prices that don't requi