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A Country Star's Whiskey Is Earning Serious Respect — and Expanding Fast When Dierks Bentley launched ROW 94 Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey in September 2024, he partnered with the historic Green River Distilling Co. in Owensboro, Kentucky, the 10th oldest distillery in Kentucky. Eighteen month

A small but serious distillery tucked along the edge of one of England's most protected natural landscapes has brought on a new leader to guide it through one of the most consequential stretches in its short history. Lancaster Spirits Co. has appointed Craig Drake as its Distillery Manager, a move

The City That Runs on Bourbon Just Got a Whole Lot Easier to Navigate Louisville has always been a bourbon town. That's not a marketing slogan — it's a fact baked into the city's identity, its economy, and the way locals carry themselves when you ask them where to get a good drink. But for anyone

Two Iconic Bourbon Distilleries Go Quiet as the Industry Faces a Reckoning The American bourbon boom has been one of the great business stories of the past two decades. Demand surged, prices climbed, and distilleries couldn't build warehouses fast enough to keep up with thirsty consumers. But the

Whiskey Del Bac, the Tucson-based whiskey brand that built its reputation on mesquite-smoked barley, has been acquired by No Sleep Beverage, a Florida-based company expanding its spirits portfolio. A Tucson Original Changes Hands The deal marks a significant shift for one of Arizona's most rec

There are men who spend their careers building something for someone else, and then there are men who, late in life, decide to build something entirely their own. Stewart Hunter Laing was the second kind. When most men his age were slowing down, he was pouring concrete on a Scottish island, staking

There are few things in American food culture that feel as locked in as bacon. It doesn't need much help. It smells right, it tastes right, and it's been doing exactly what it does for decades without anyone asking it to try harder. So when Oscar Mayer says it's dropping its first new bacon product

There's a particular kind of satisfaction that comes from watching something take a hit, dust itself off, and come back better than before. That's exactly what's happening with Redemption Whiskey right now. The brand just relaunched its core bourbon at a higher proof, rolled out a completely new bo

Sazerac has officially named its Tennessee operation AJ Bond Distillery, setting the stage for the spirits giant's first Tennessee Whiskey to hit shelves in the summer of 2026. The announcement closes a chapter that began nearly a decade ago and opens another that carries both ambition and grief in

There's a new name making noise in West Virginia's premium bourbon market, and it didn't get there by accident. Blue Lot Bourbon, produced by Morgantown-based Tailgate Spirits LLC, has officially named Republic National Distributing Company — better known in the industry as RNDC — as its exclus