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James E. Pepper Refreshes the 1776 Label Just in Time for America's 250th Birthday There are very few whiskey brands in America whose history doubles as a national timeline. The name on the label isn't just a product brand — it is a direct reference to the year the country was born, carried forwar

Buzzard's Roost Drops Red, White & Roost Double Oak: A Patriotic Single Barrel Worth Hunting Down There's a certain timing to a great bourbon release, and Buzzard's Roost has always understood the calendar. On June 24, 2026, the Louisville-based whiskey maker announced its latest limited-editi

Anyone who's spent time around whisky knows the romance of it all. The oak barrels stacked in cool stone warehouses. The angel's share evaporating into the Scottish air. The idea that somewhere in a dark building near a river or a coastline, a cask is quietly turning into something worth waiting fo

A New Tool Built for the Small Guys in a Big Industry Running a craft distillery is not for the faint of heart. Between permits, aging barrels, and trying to get a bottle onto a liquor store shelf next to the big national brands, small distillers rarely have time to dig through spreadsheets and ma

Still In Cask Opens the World's First Peer-to-Peer Exchange for Whisky Cask Shares — And the Implications Run Deep For most of whisky's long, storied history, the barrier between an enthusiast and a barrel of maturing spirit has been simple and brutal: money. Lots of it. A whole cask from a reputa

India Stakes Its Claim: The IMWA's New Certification Trademark Is the Most Important Move Indian Whisky Has Ever Made For years, American whisky enthusiasts who ventured beyond Scotch and Japanese single malts were confronted with a category that felt simultaneously exciting and chaotic — Indian s

Karuizawa Distillers Breaks Ground on Furaliss, Its Second Distillery — and the Most Ambitious Bet Yet in Japanese Whisky The Japanese whisky world has been on a sustained upward trajectory for years, drawing collectors, drinkers, and investors from across the globe. But few companies have moved w

Maker's Mark Takes Bourbon to New Heights With Its Perfectly Unreasonable Bar Atop Aspen Mountain There is a certain breed of bourbon drinker who isn't satisfied unless the experience surrounding the pour is every bit as memorable as what's in the glass. Maker's Mark, the 73-year-old Kentucky inst

The Receiver Fires Back: Inside Uncle Nearest's Stunning Counterclaim Against Farm Credit Mid-America What began as a straightforward, if brutal, lender enforcement action has taken a turn that almost nobody saw coming. The court-appointed receiver overseeing the battered Uncle Nearest whiskey emp

The 4th Annual American Whiskey Festival Is Headed Back to Louisville — And It's Bigger Than Ever Louisville has never needed much of an excuse to throw a whiskey party, but Watch Hill Proper has been giving the city a particularly good one every August. Watch Hill Proper will host the 4th Annual