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When Kentucky bourbon and Chinese baijiu collide in the same bottle, the result is something the American whiskey world has never quite seen before. A Kentucky distillery and a Chinese spirit maker have partnered to create a new whiskey that draws from two of the world's most storied distilling tra

Iron Smoke Whiskey Crosses the Country: New York's Applewood-Smoked Bourbon Lands in California There are distilleries that play it safe — standard mash bills, familiar flavor profiles, distribution strategies that hug the coasts where the name already means something. Then there are distilleries

Alan Jackson's Silverbelly Whiskey Distillery and Museum Opens June 25 in Nashville — A Legacy Poured Into Every Bottle Alan Jackson has spent more than three decades writing songs about the small pleasures and deep aches of American life — cold beer on a hot day, the smell of a dirt road at dusk,

WhistlePig Sells Its Moriah Distillery Complex for Over $17 Million — And the Story Behind the Sale Is Anything But Simple WhistlePig Whiskey, the Vermont-based rye maker that spent years positioning itself as one of America's most decorated premium spirit brands, has sold its Moriah distillery an

Canned Cocktails Surge While Scotch Takes a Body Blow in U.S. Control States The American spirits landscape is undergoing a structural realignment that should concern every importer, distributor, and brand manager who has staked significant shelf space on Scotch whisky. Fresh data from the Nationa

UK Spirits Exports to America Crater 60% in Q1 as Tariff Storm Reshapes the Transatlantic Trade The numbers landing out of London this week are stark enough to demand serious attention from everyone in the American whiskey and spirits trade. New data from the UK's Food and Drink Federation (FDF),

Bardstown Bourbon Company's Distillery Reserve Mars Wins Double Gold at the 2026 San Francisco World Spirits Competition There are not many distilleries in the world with the audacity to ship Japanese single malt across the Pacific, pour it into a barrel already occupied by decade-old Kentucky bou

Scotland Comes to Kentucky: How John Swinney's Bourbon Country Visit Signals a New Era for Transatlantic Whisky Trade When John Swinney, Scotland's First Minister and leader of the Scottish National Party, touched down in the United States recently, his itinerary read like something stitched toget

The results are in from one of the most respected spirits competitions on the planet, and the numbers tell a story worth paying attention to. The International Wine & Spirits Competition — known in the industry as the IWSC, and nicknamed the Olympics of the drinks world — wrapped up its 2026 No

There's a moment when a craft distillery stops being a promising upstart and becomes something the whole country needs to pay attention to. For Woodinville Whiskey Co., that moment may have just arrived. Washington state's largest craft distillery has announced the national rollout of two new r