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Laphroaig and Willem Dafoe Drop a Whisky With No Rules
There are whisky collaborations, and then there is whatever Laphroaig and Willem Dafoe have cooked up together. The Scottish distillery's latest limited edition release, called Willem by Willem, is the kind of thing that makes you stop and pay attention — not just because of the name attached to it
WhistlePig Toasts 250 Years of America With Two New Whiskeys
There are not many moments in a country's history bigger than turning 250 years old, and WhistlePig Whiskey is not letting the occasion pass without raising a glass — or two. The Vermont-based distillery has announced a pair of limited releases built specifically around America's semidecentennial,
Blue Run's Blueprint Series Wants to Redefine What Bourbon Can Be
There's a certain kind of bourbon drinker who has been around long enough to know when a distillery is doing something genuinely different — and when they're just dressing up the familiar in a new bottle. Blue Run Spirits is betting that its new Blueprint Series falls squarely into the first catego
Starlight Distillery's Dana Huber Puts Her Name on a Bourbon
Seven Years in the Making, Ten Barrels Total — This One Means Something There are bourbon releases, and then there are bourbon releases that actually mean something. Starlight Distillery's latest falls firmly into the second category. The southern Indiana craft distillery has announced a new limit
When America Needed a Drink, It Built a Distillery
The Spirit Forward Campaign Reminds Us That Bourbon, Rye, and the American Story Were Always the Same Story Before there was a Declaration of Independence, before there was a Constitution, before there was even a president, there were distilleries. And there were taverns. And in those taverns, men
When Paper Fails: Jackton's Cask Revolution
A Young Distillery With Something to Prove Jackton Distillery doesn't have centuries of history behind it. There's no dusty legend, no storied founding family going back to the 1700s. What it does have is a working farm in South Lanarkshire, just outside Glasgow, a family with a clear-eyed visio
Milam & Greene Wins People's Choice Gold at the 2026 Texas Whiskey Festival
The votes are in, and Texas has spoken. Milam & Greene walked away from the 9th Annual Texas Whiskey Festival as the top distillery in the state, earning the People's Choice Award Gold after being judged against more than 30 competing Texas distilleries by the festival's own attendees. It's
Koopers Whiskey Drops a 10-Year Rye That Took Decades to Imagine
A Buffalo Trace barrel, nine years of Texas heat, and only 231 bottles to show for it There are whiskey releases, and then there are whiskey releases that actually mean something. The new Koopers 10-Year-Old Straight Rye Whiskey Finished in a Buffalo Trace Barrel falls squarely into the second cat
Foxes Bow Irish Whiskey Is Coming for Whiskey's Blind Spot
There's a number the whiskey industry would rather not talk about too loudly. Women make up roughly 40% of whiskey drinkers in the United States and around 35% in the United Kingdom. That's not a fringe figure. That's not a niche trend. That's a massive portion of the consumer base that has been bu
Ten Years in the Texas Heat: Garrison Brothers' 2026 Balmorhea Bourbon Is Here
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