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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

Like Texas Whiskey? Try These Garrison Brothers Bottles Image credit: OpenAI In the ever-evolving world of whiskey, Texas has emerged as a formidabl

There's a version of this story where a brewery best known for a German-Czech lager tries its hand at whiskey and falls flat on its face. That's not this story. Shiner's Texas Legend Rye — bottled from just three barrels of the distillery's very first rye distillation — is a two-year-old whiskey th

There's a distillery sitting in Austin, Texas, that a lot of people outside the whiskey world haven't heard of yet. That's about to change. Still Austin Whiskey Co. just put up numbers that would make even the most seasoned bourbon veterans do a double take, and the story behind how they got here i

The little brewery in the little town just made a very big move. Shiner, the Texas outfit that built its name on Bock and never left the small town where it started, dropped its first-ever rye whiskey on Valentine's Day. No roses, no chocolate — just a cask-strength rye bottled at a walloping 1

In the rugged embrace of Texas Hill Country, where the sun beats down like an old friend's firm handshake, Milam & Greene Whiskey has uncorked a bottle that captures the wild soul of the Lone Star State. It's called Guadalupe Bass Straight Bourbon, a limited-edition pour that's not just whiskey

In the heart of South Texas, where the sun beats down like a relentless drum and the air carries the faint whisper of mesquite smoke, a small town named Shiner has long been synonymous with one thing: beer. Not just any beer, but the kind that sticks with you through long afternoons on the porch or

Garrison Brothers Distillery, renowned as Texas’ first legal bourbon distillery, is set to release a highly anticipated limited-edition bourbon that blends exceptional craftsmanship with a noble cause. On March 1, 2025, the distillery will unveil 1,000 bottles of its exclusive Balmorhea Cask Stren

Garrison Brothers, the pioneering distillery that became Texas’s first licensed whiskey producer since Prohibition, has just unveiled one of its oldest and most distinguished bourbons yet. This year's release, the Laguna Madre, stands out not only for its age but also for its unique maturation pro