Recent Spirits Industry Articles
Bacardi Completes Full Acquisition of Teeling Irish Whiskey
Bacardi Goes All In: The Spirits Giant Completes Full Acquisition of Teeling Irish Whiskey For nine years, the relationship between Bacardi Limited and the Teeling Whiskey Company operated like a slow burn — a minority stake here, a majority share there, a gradual tightening of the grip until, on
The Bourbon Boom Is Over: What Comes Next?
The Bourbon Boom Is Over. Now What? For roughly two decades, the American bourbon industry operated with the quiet confidence of a category that could do no wrong. Distilleries expanded. Warehouses filled. Allocated bottles became cultural currency. Tourists flooded into Kentucky to take barrel to
Brown-Forman Posts Flat Sales as American Whiskey Slump Deepens
Brown-Forman Closes Fiscal 2026 with Flat Sales, Sets a Cautious Course as American Whiskey Demand Stays Soft The numbers Brown-Forman delivered on June 4, 2026 were neither a disaster nor a triumph — they were something arguably more telling about the state of American whiskey right now: flat. Fo