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Redwood Empire Whiskey Bets Big on Mare Island
One year in, and Redwood Empire Whiskey isn't showing any signs of slowing down. While a good chunk of the spirits industry is tightening its belt and pulling back on investment, this Northern California whiskey maker is doing the exact opposite — pouring money into expanding its distilling capacit
Woodinville Has A New Look And It Comes With a Promise
For over a decade, the bottle sitting on the shelf at your local liquor store told you something. It said craft. It said Pacific Northwest. It said this isn't the same whiskey your father drank. Now, Woodinville Whiskey is telling that story even louder with a redesigned bottle that hits retailer
The Texas Whiskey Taking On Kentucky, And Winning
There's a distillery sitting in Austin, Texas, that a lot of people outside the whiskey world haven't heard of yet. That's about to change. Still Austin Whiskey Co. just put up numbers that would make even the most seasoned bourbon veterans do a double take, and the story behind how they got here i
Two Stacks Irish Whiskey Is Coming for the American Market
There's a quiet revolution happening in Irish whiskey, and it doesn't involve a single distillery. It involves three friends, a centuries-old craft that nearly disappeared, and a five-part blend that's making its way into bars and homes across the United States just in time for St. Patrick's Day.
Missouri's Oldest Distillery Just Made a Major Move
Holladay Distillery, the historic bourbon maker out of Weston, Missouri, has locked in a significant new distribution deal that could put its whiskey in a lot more hands across the country. The distillery, which operates under the McCormick Distilling Company umbrella, announced a multi-state partn
Glenfiddich's Bold Redesign: 139 Years in the Making
For a whisky brand that has been around since 1887, change doesn't come lightly. But William Grant & Sons has just pulled back the curtain on a sweeping new visual identity for Glenfiddich single malt — one that looks backward and forward at the same time, and signals that one of Scotland's mos
The Whistleblower Inside Bardstown Bourbon
A five-year veteran of Bardstown Bourbon Company's leadership team is taking the Kentucky whiskey giant to court, and the allegations she's brought with her paint a troubling picture of what she says was happening behind the scenes at one of the most well-known names in American bourbon. Sylvia
Jon Taffer's Bourbon Is Finally Coming to Georgia
Jon Taffer has been fixing broken bars on television for years, but now he's got something else on his mind — getting his bourbon into the hands of Georgia drinkers. Taffer's Browned Butter Bourbon is officially launching across the state, and for anyone who has been curious about what the "Bar Res
Small Batch, Big Ambition: Lost Lantern's Quiet Rise
There is a modest building in Vergennes, Vermont, where two people are trying to change the way America thinks about whiskey. Not by distilling it themselves, but by driving across the country, tasting thousands of barrels, and picking out the ones they believe deserve more attention. That is the s
Black Maple Hill Bourbon Is Coming Back, Here's What You Need to Know
For years, the name Black Maple Hill has floated around whiskey circles like a ghost story that everybody swears is true. Collectors hunted for it. Forums debated it. Old bottles changed hands for ridiculous sums. And then, for a long stretch, it just wasn't around anymore. The kind of bourbon that