Recent Cask Strength Articles

Town Branch Drops Imperium MMXXVI: The Most Powerful Entry Yet in Lexington's Most Anticipated Annual Series September is the month that belongs to bourbon. Officially recognized as Bourbon Heritage Month, it is when distilleries across Kentucky reach into their deepest reserves, pull out the barr

The 24 Best High-Proof Bourbons Cask Strength bourbon, also known as barrel proof or barrel strength, is a formidable expression that captures the undiluted intensity and richness of a bourbon straight from the barrel. Unfiltered and untouched by water, these spirits are bottled at their

Paul John Whisky Plants Its Flag in Shanghai — and India's Single Malt Moment Is Only Getting Started There is a particular kind of statement being made when an Indian whisky brand commandeers prime floor space at one of Asia's most important spirits exhibitions, unfurls the largest India Pavilion

GlenAllachie Drops Batch 7 of Its 21-Year-Old Cask Strength — And Claims It's the Best One Yet There are distilleries that make noise, and then there are distilleries that make whisky. Since Billy Walker and his partners took over the GlenAllachie Distillery in the Scottish Speyside seven years ag

Garrison Brothers' 2026 Cowboy Bourbon Is Here — and It's Bringing 141 Proof of Texas Heat Every September, the Hill Country outside of Austin, Texas, transforms into something of a bourbon pilgrimage destination. Men drive in from Houston and Dallas, some from as far as the coasts, all converging

Garrison Brothers Is Releasing Guadalupe at Cask Strength for the First Time — And It's Raising Money for the Texas Coast Every summer, bourbon drinkers in Texas know to watch the calendar. Garrison Brothers Distillery, the Hill Country operation that has been rewriting what American whiskey can l

24 Bourbons With Serious Proof and Big Flavor Cask Strength bourbon, also known as barrel proof or barrel strength, is a formidable expression that captures the undiluted intensity and richness of a bourbon straight from the barrel. Unfiltered and untouched by water, these spirits are bot

Garrison Brothers Is Dropping Laguna Madre on August 8 — and This Year It Comes With a Cask Strength First Mark August 8 on your calendar and plan for an early start. On Saturday, August 8, 2026, Garrison Brothers, the first and oldest legal whiskey distillery in Texas, will release one of its mos

From Champagne Country to the Whisky World: The Moutard Family's Boldest Release Yet There are a handful of distilleries in the world capable of drawing a straight, unbroken line between the soil under their feet and the spirit in their bottle. The Moutard family of Buxeuil, France, is one of them

Bulleit Drops Its Oldest Rye Ever — 20 Years Old, Cask Strength, and Only 1,776 Bottles There are milestones in American whiskey that feel genuinely earned, and then there are releases that rewrite what a brand is capable of. Bulleit's latest — a 20-year-old straight rye whiskey bottled straight f