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National Scotch Day lands on July 27, and for anyone who takes their whisky seriously, that's as good a reason as any to pour something worth sipping slowly. This year, The Macallan is putting a spotlight on a handful of expressions from its Timeless Collection that cover just about every kind of w

New Orleans just played host to something the drinks industry has been building toward for two decades. The Tales of the Cocktail Foundation handed out its 20th annual Spirited Awards , and the results give a pretty clear snapshot of where bar culture stands right now — and where it's headed.

Two Distilleries, One Bottle: The Historic American-Israeli Whiskey Collaboration That Just Changed the Game On a Wednesday evening in mid-July 2026, something genuinely unprecedented happened in a distillery nestled in Chamblee, just north of Atlanta. Master distillers from two countries — one fr

Missouri Bourbon Has Earned Its Own Identity — And It's About Time the Rest of America Noticed For generations, the American bourbon conversation began and ended in Kentucky. Mention bourbon at any bar, any tailgate, any hunting camp from Maine to Montana, and the assumption has always been the sa

Yellowstone Bourbon's 2026 Limited Edition Arrives Finished in Ruby and Tawny Port Casks — and It's the Brand's Most Ambitious Release Yet Every summer, bourbon hunters across the country start watching their local retailers for a single bottle with a national park on the label. The arrival of the

A Trade War Poured Neat: Trump's 50% Tariff on Canadian Whisky Changes the Game The U.S.-Canada spirits trade, once a model of continental cooperation, has entered its most turbulent chapter yet. The Trump administration announced that a 50 percent tariff on Canadian goods — including whisky, wine

Old Forester's Triple Char Is More Than a New Bourbon — It's Proof That Main Street Has Arrived When Old Forester announced the newest entry in its 117 Series on July 24, 2026, the press release carried two distinct pieces of news bundled into a single bottle. The first was right there in the name

Pennsylvania Senate Passes Bill to Make Rye Whiskey the Official State Spirit, Reclaiming the Commonwealth's Forgotten Whiskey Crown For most American whiskey drinkers, the story begins in Kentucky. Bourbon country. White oak barrels stacked in rickhouses on rolling bluegrass hills, limestone-filt

The Hunt Is On: Inside the Growing Search for America's Best Hotel Whiskey Bars Something is shifting in American hospitality, and the clearest proof of it is not found in renovation budgets or room rate trends — it is found at the bar. Specifically, in the increasingly serious, deliberately curat

Scotch Whisky Gets Its Moment: The US Tariff Removal That Changes Everything For more than a year, the Scotch whisky industry watched one of its most important commercial relationships deteriorate in real time. American importers absorbed cost shocks. Scottish distillers saw order volumes shrink.