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The Bourbon Boom Is Over. Now What? For roughly two decades, the American bourbon industry operated with the quiet confidence of a category that could do no wrong. Distilleries expanded. Warehouses filled. Allocated bottles became cultural currency. Tourists flooded into Kentucky to take barrel to

The Biggest Whiskey Market in the World Has Been Almost Off-Limits to American Bourbon. That Could Finally Change. In Washington, the conversations happening right now between American trade officials and their Indian counterparts may carry more weight for the bourbon industry than anything that h

There's a certain kind of whiskey drinker who has tried everything on the shelf twice over, and for that guy, a new bottle from a distillery he already trusts is worth paying attention to. Barton 1792 Distillery, the folks who've been making whiskey in Bardstown, Kentucky since 1879, just rolled ou

Derby Gold in a Bottle: Woodford Reserve and Cherie DeVaux Fuse Racing History with Kentucky Bourbon There is a particular kind of moment when two worlds that have always orbited each other finally collide head-on. On June 26, 2026, inside the stone walls of the Woodford Reserve Distillery in Vers

The $20 Scotch That's Been Beating Bottles Worth Ten Times Its Price There's a particular kind of satisfaction that comes from watching a budget underdog humiliate the establishment, and in the world of Scotch whisky, few stories deliver that satisfaction quite as cleanly as Aldi's Highland Black

Founders Brewing Crosses Into Bourbon Country With Its First-Ever KBS Bourbon For more than two decades, Founders Brewing Co. has occupied a rare space in American craft beer — a brewery whose most celebrated release isn't just beloved, it's genuinely transformative. Kentucky Breakfast Stout, know

Finland Enters the Game: Kyrö Distillery Drops Two House Targaryen Rye Whiskies Most whisky collaborations with major entertainment brands follow a predictable playbook — take an existing expression, slap a recognizable crest on the label, and ship it off to fans who may or may not notice the liqu

Drinks by the Dram's Whisky Library Is the Most Ambitious Whisky Education Set Ever Built There is a particular kind of person who owns a library. He keeps his shelves organized not alphabetically but by region — bottles of Speyside single malt standing at attention next to a Campbeltown relic, a

Ireland Opens the Books on Irish Whiskey: A Landmark Review of the Rules That Define a Nation's Spirit Something significant is happening on the island of Ireland this summer, and it has nothing to do with the weather. On June 26, 2026, the Irish government formally opened a public consultation th

Ian Macleod Pulls Back at Glengoyne and Rosebank as Scotch Hits a Wall The numbers coming out of Broxburn tell a story the Scotch industry can no longer afford to whisper. Ian Macleod Distillers, one of Scotland's last major family-owned whisky businesses, has disclosed a 30% cut in annual product