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There's a new kind of pressure test coming to bars across America, and it has nothing to do with a Saturday night rush. The Tales of the Cocktail Foundation, working alongside Absolut Vodka, has announced a nationwide bartender competition called Absolut Heat Streak — and it's designed to find out

The World's Premier Drinks Conference Is Back New Orleans has never needed much of an excuse to throw a party, but when Tales of the Cocktail rolls into town every July, it becomes something else entirely. The 24th annual Tales of the Cocktail is set for July 19 through 24, 2026, headquartered o

The ninth annual Texas Whiskey Festival made one thing crystal clear this spring: Texas whiskey isn't playing catch-up to anyone anymore. Held in Austin, the festival's 2026 edition delivered its annual blind tasting results, and the bottles that rose to the top tell a story about a whiskey culture

Garrison Brothers Distillery doesn't chase numbers. The team in Hye, Texas, has never been the type to slap an age statement on a bottle just because the market says it sells. So when the 2026 release of Balmorhea arrives with a decade of Texas heat behind it, that's not a marketing decision — it's

Owensboro, Kentucky has been quietly building something serious. What started as a regional gathering centered on barbecue and good times has been steadily transforming into one of the more legitimate bourbon events on the national calendar — and this year, the BBQ & Barrels Bourbon Experience

A 150-Year-Old Ice Cream Maker Teams Up With America's Most Iconic Horse Race There are certain things that just go together — bourbon and Kentucky, horses and Churchill Downs, springtime and the first Saturday in May. Now there's a new pairing to add to that list: Graeter's Ice Cream and the Kent

Four Branches Bourbon has earned a spot among the top ten finalists in the Fox Business Made in America Small Business Awards — a national competition that puts American-made brands in front of one of the country's largest business audiences. Public voting opened April 13 and runs through Apri

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

There are whisky festivals, and then there is Fèis Ìle. For four decades, this celebration on the Scottish island of Islay has been doing something no tasting room or whisky bar can replicate — bringing together the people who actually make the stuff with the people who are passionate enough to tra

September in Bardstown, Kentucky means one thing to serious bourbon drinkers — the Kentucky Bourbon Festival. This year, the event hits a milestone that few festivals of its kind ever reach, marking its 35th anniversary during National Bourbon Heritage Month. For four days, from September 10 throug