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The 4th Annual American Whiskey Festival Is Headed Back to Louisville — And It's Bigger Than Ever Louisville has never needed much of an excuse to throw a whiskey party, but Watch Hill Proper has been giving the city a particularly good one every August. Watch Hill Proper will host the 4th Annual

What's Really Inside Your Glass of Whiskey? Pour yourself a glass. Go ahead, we'll wait. Now take a second before that first sip and think about what you're actually holding. That amber liquid sitting in your tumbler has been on a journey — one that started with a pile of grain, a bucket of water,

The Bourbons Worth Bringing to a Poker Night Image credit: Flux.1 A great poker night bourbon checks a few simple boxes: it's shareable, approachabl

Does Barrel Entry Proof Really Matter? You've probably stood in a liquor store aisle, picked up a bottle of bourbon, flipped it around, and tried to make sense of all the numbers on the label. The bottling proof is right there. The age statement, if you're lucky. But there's one number that almost

Bourbon Worth Slowing Down For Image credit: Flux.1 A guys' trip doesn't have to be about who can drink the most — it can be about drinking better.

Founders Brewing Crosses Into Bourbon Country With Its First-Ever KBS Bourbon For more than two decades, Founders Brewing Co. has occupied a rare space in American craft beer — a brewery whose most celebrated release isn't just beloved, it's genuinely transformative. Kentucky Breakfast Stout, know

Your Milk Frother Makes Better Bourbon Look, we've all been there. You crack open a bottle of bourbon — maybe it's a high-proof bottle you've been eyeballing for a while, maybe it's just your regular Friday night pour — and the first sip hits a little harder than you'd like. There's that sharp alc

Louisville's Premier Whiskey Gathering Is Back: The 4th Annual American Whiskey Festival Set for August 15, 2026 There are whiskey events, and then there are institutions. After three years of steady growth in the heart of Louisville's Norton Commons neighborhood, the American Whiskey Festival has

When Kentucky bourbon and Chinese baijiu collide in the same bottle, the result is something the American whiskey world has never quite seen before. A Kentucky distillery and a Chinese spirit maker have partnered to create a new whiskey that draws from two of the world's most storied distilling tra

Why Wheated Bourbons Are the Dessert Course's Best Friend Image credit: Flux.1 Most bourbons use rye as their secondary grain, delivering a spicy, a