Recent American Whiskey Articles

Frey Ranch's Harvester Series: Third Harvest Brings Triticale — a Wheat-Rye Hybrid — Into the American Whiskey Conversation When most whiskey drinkers conjure the image of a grain field, they think of corn stretching to the horizon across Kentucky or Indiana, maybe winter rye waving in the October

Westside Concepts' Whiskey Passport Is the West Valley's Most Ambitious Bourbon Heritage Month Play Yet Every September, the American whiskey industry shifts into a higher gear. Bars run limited pours, distilleries drop special releases, and enthusiasts mark their calendars for a month of delibera

America's Most Decorated New Whiskey Is Being Liquidated — And Nobody Can Stop It The story of Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey was supposed to be one of American spirits' great redemption arcs — a brand built on a buried piece of history, earning more awards in less time than any other American whis

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

When the Barrel House Goes Broke: Uncle Nearest's Restaurant Debt and the Expanding Legal War The story of Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey has always been bigger than whiskey. It was built on the recovered legacy of Nathan "Nearest" Green, acknowledged in 2016 as the first African-American master di

Lawson Whiting's Parting Shot: Why the American Whiskey 'Doom' Narrative Gets It Wrong There is a version of the American whiskey story being told right now in trade publications, on analyst calls, and in the back rooms of distributors across the country that goes something like this: the boom is

Note: The search results returned did not surface the specific PR Newswire article about the Glenmore Bourbon and Glenmore Rye Whiskey launch by Sazerac. However, combining the rich historical data found about Glenmore Distillery with what is known about Sazerac's ownership and brand strategy, I wi

Cigar Blend Whiskey: Zero Tobacco, All FlavorCigar Blend Whiskey: Zero Tobacco, All Flavor If you picked up a bottle labeled "Cigar Blend Bourbon" and your first thought was wait, does this actually taste like a cigar? — you're not alone. The name throws almost everybody off the first time they

For decades, if you asked a bourbon drinker to name the single most influential distillery in American whiskey, they might have reached for Buffalo Trace or Heaven Hill, names stitched into the fabric of Kentucky culture. But the honest answer — the one insiders have whispered at trade shows and en

Atlanta's Shortbarrel Drops Its Most Ambitious Cigar Batch Yet — 50-Plus Casks, Five Finishing Types, and One Sherry-Led Showstopper There's a certain overlap in the Venn diagram of men who appreciate a well-constructed cigar and men who seek out serious American whiskey. Shortbarrel, the Atlanta-