Recent Kentucky Bourbon Articles

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

Bardstown Bourbon Company Takes Tropical Seriously: The Story Behind the Victoria Pineapple Barrel Finish There is a particular challenge embedded in the very chemistry of American whiskey that most distillers have simply learned to live with: the near-impossibility of coaxing genuine tropical fru

Luca Mariano Distillery Sold for $19.5 Million: Inside the Kentucky Bourbon Industry's Sharpest Fall from Grace A Kentucky bourbon distillery that spent years building toward a grand opening — only to collapse under the weight of tens of millions in debt just weeks after cutting the ribbon — has f

Who Really Makes Trader Joe's Bourbon? If you've ever found yourself standing in the liquor aisle of your local Trader Joe's, squinting at a plain-looking bottle labeled "Kentucky Bourbon" and thinking, "wait — who actually made this thing?" — you are not alone. This question has been bouncing aro

Alan Jackson's Silverbelly Whiskey Is Now Offering Newlyweds a Personal Gift — Straight From Alan Himself Alan Jackson has spent more than three decades writing songs about love, marriage, and the kind of life worth celebrating. Now, through his Silverbelly Whiskey brand, he's turning that ethos i

In the American whiskey world, geography is everything — until it isn't. WhistlePig, the Vermont-based rye house that has spent nearly two decades writing its own rules from a 500-acre farm in Shoreham, has now planted its flag in the very heart of bourbon country. The opening of The WhistlePig Vau

Frank August's Case Study 07 "French Connection": Kentucky's Most Ambitious Whiskey Blend of 2026 There is a particular kind of confidence required to walk into one of the most tradition-bound spirits categories in America and announce, without apology, that the old playbook is being rewritten. Jo

A Small-Town Kentucky Distillery Just Made a Big Patriotic Move With Spirit 76 Deep in Logan County, Kentucky, in a town most Americans could not find on a map, a small craft distillery has made one of the more fitting launches of the America250 season. Shawn McCormick, owner and founder of B.H. J

Scotland Comes to Kentucky: How John Swinney's Bourbon Country Visit Signals a New Era for Transatlantic Whisky Trade When John Swinney, Scotland's First Minister and leader of the Scottish National Party, touched down in the United States recently, his itinerary read like something stitched toget

Green River's Oldest Bourbon Yet: Inside the Distillery Select Toasted Double Oak There are milestone releases, and then there are releases that signal a distillery has finally arrived at its full potential. For Green River Distilling Co. in Owensboro, Kentucky, the unveiling of its inaugural Dist