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The World's First: GlenAllachie Puts Mongolian Oak on the Global Whisky Map Something genuinely unprecedented landed on the whisky world's doorstep on September 10, 2026. The GlenAllachie Distillery introduced the fourth chapter in its Sinteis Series — a 2015 Mongolian Virgin Oak, Pedro Ximénez an

Newsom signs a bill that gives takeout cocktails three more years If you like picking up a well-made drink along with your dinner order, you can relax. California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed a bill that keeps cocktails to-go legal in the state until 2029. The measure, AB 2663, arrived just in

Wheel Horse Whiskey has brought back its Cigar Blend Bourbon for fall 2026 . The brand calls it the "most awarded limited release of the year." It is a five-year-old bourbon at 101 proof, finished in a mix of wine and brandy barrels. The price is $43.99 a bottle, and only 6,000 bottles were made.

Most whisky drinkers know the old rule that a good bottle takes time. The Macallan has now added a new twist to that idea. On September 28, 2026, the Speyside distillery launched the Carta Nautica Collection, a set of four single malt Scotch whiskies built around a long trip across the Atlantic Oce

Smith & Wesson and World Whiskey Society Join Forces on a 7-Year Straight Bourbon That's Built for Collectors and Drinkers Alike Few brand combinations in recent American spirits history carry the kind of immediate cultural weight as a Smith & Wesson bourbon. Guns and whiskey have always o

BarrelPick.com Wants to Put You in the Distiller's Chair — and It Just Made That Easier Than Ever For most bourbon drinkers, the relationship with whiskey begins at a retail shelf. Someone else chose the grain, the still, the entry proof, the rickhouse location, and the day the barrel was deemed r

Ardbeg Dark Reserve: The Peatiest Distillery on Islay Goes Deep Into Sherry Territory With an Exclusive for The Whisky Club Ardbeg has never been a distillery that does anything quietly. From its dramatic coastal perch on the southern shore of Islay to its devoted global cult following, every rele

Brother Justus Drops Founder's Reserve IV: Minnesota's Most Anticipated Whiskey Release Gets Even Better Four years into one of the most quietly compelling limited-release programs in American craft whiskey, Brother Justus Whiskey Company has just dropped its latest entry. The Minneapolis distille

Penelope Bourbon's Cigar Sessions: Chapter 2 Is Built Different — and the Alec Bradley Partnership Proves It When Penelope Bourbon launched its Cigar Sessions series in June 2025, the concept was clear enough: craft a whiskey from the ground up with the express purpose of pairing alongside a cigar

A Ban That Reaches Well Beyond the Border A U.S. ban on Canadian spirits and wine has now taken effect, and the people who feel it first may not be the ones in the middle of the political fight. Restaurants, bars, liquor stores and everyday customers are the ones getting pulled deeper into a trade