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Nearly 11,000 Bottles of Noble Oak Bourbon Vanish from North Philadelphia Warehouse in Brazen Midday Heist Sometime between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. on a Friday afternoon in early June, a crew of thieves pulled off what law enforcement and spirits industry insiders are already calling one of the most aud

In early June 2026, the news out of Elizabethtown, Kentucky landed with the kind of weight that reverberates well beyond a single company's payroll. Whiskey House of Kentucky announced on June 2 that it would lay off 22 employees — approximately 30% of its workforce — citing production levels curre

Brown-Forman Closes Fiscal 2026 with Flat Sales, Sets a Cautious Course as American Whiskey Demand Stays Soft The numbers Brown-Forman delivered on June 4, 2026 were neither a disaster nor a triumph — they were something arguably more telling about the state of American whiskey right now: flat. Fo

Woodford Reserve Distillery Series Red Corn: The Heirloom Grain Bourbon That Almost Wasn't There is a moment in every great bourbon's story where something goes sideways — where nature, timing, or circumstance conspires against a distillery's best intentions — and the whiskey that eventually makes

Southern Indiana has long lived in the shadow of its neighbor to the south. Louisville sits just across the Ohio River, and for most whiskey drinkers, that river marks the beginning and end of serious American bourbon country. But a small town perched on the Knobstone Escarpment — a limestone bluff

North of Kentucky: How Canadian Craft Distillers Stepped Into America's Bourbon Shadow For the better part of a decade, Kentucky bourbon ruled the back bars of Canada from Vancouver to Halifax. Its arrival was no accident — aggressive marketing, an ever-expanding range of premium expressions, and

TX Whiskey Triple Cask: Fort Worth's Boldest Experiment Yet Reaches Its 17th Chapter The Experimental Series from TX Whiskey has never been a collection designed for the faint of palate. Since the Fort Worth distillery launched the program, each release has been a deliberate stress-test of what Te

The White Oak Problem: How a Forest Crisis Could Reshape American Bourbon Forever Bourbon has survived Prohibition, survived the dark ages of the 1970s and '80s when American whiskey was deeply unfashionable, and survived every grain shortage, tariff battle, and market correction thrown at it over

Penelope Bourbon has never been particularly shy about pushing into new territory, but the brand's latest move lands squarely at the intersection of two trends reshaping the American whiskey market: the enduring, almost mythological prestige of the Old Fashioned, and the explosive consumer appetite

Barrell Craft Spirits Dropped a Limited Barrell Toasted Seagrass on June 9 — Here's Everything You Need to Know On June 9, Barrell Craft Spirits released one of the most anticipated limited expressions in its already formidable portfolio: the Barrell Toasted Seagrass. For anyone who has been follo