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From a Bennington Garage to a Revolutionary Whiskey: Village Garage Distillery's Vermont Republic Rye There is a particular kind of ambition that grows quietly in small towns — the kind that takes years to mature, requires patience most people aren't willing to commit, and ends up saying something

American Whiskey Is Caught in the Crossfire of a Collapsing U.S.-Canada Trade War For the better part of two years, the American whiskey industry has watched its most important northern export market evaporate one government liquor store shelf at a time. Now, with 50% tariffs officially in force a

A $75 Bourbon Nobody Had Heard of Just Dethroned Some of the Most Coveted Whiskeys in America There is a particular kind of satisfaction reserved for moments when the label is hidden and the liquid has to speak entirely for itself. No secondary market markup, no allocated mystique, no word-of-mout

Thor Comes to the Whisky Bar: Chris Hemsworth Takes a Co-Ownership Stake in Archie Rose Distilling Co. The spirits world doesn't often get rattled by Hollywood news. But when one of the most recognizable faces on the planet quietly buys into what may be the most decorated independent distillery in

American Whiskey Wants to Be the World's Whiskey. The Tariff Wars Have Other Ideas. There is a boldness to the mission statement of the American Whiskey Association that could easily read as naïve given the current global trade climate. The organization, founded in 2025 by some of the most powerfu

Strathearn's Batch 03 Arrives: Scotland's Tiniest Distillery Goes Deeper Into Sherry Territory There is a particular kind of patience required to appreciate what is happening at Strathearn Distillery in Perthshire, Scotland. Every production shift, the small crew fires up the stills and makes enou

Bruichladdich's Octomore 17 Series Is Here, and It's Still the Most Provocative Whisky in the World There's a particular kind of audacity baked into every bottle of Octomore. It's not the audacity of age — these whiskies are young by Scotch standards. It's not the audacity of obscurity, either, si

Baker's 13 Year Old Returns: A 107-Proof Single Barrel Bourbon Worth Hunting Down There are bourbon releases that get the internet clicking, and then there are releases that mean something. Baker's 13 Year Old Single Barrel — bottled at 107 proof, drawn from one barrel at a time, and aged for no f

Detroit's Boldest Bourbon Is Coming for the Whiskey-Averse — and It Has a Strategy to Back It Up There is a specific kind of skeptic that every bourbon brand eventually has to reckon with. He's not hostile. He's not uninformed. He just tried whiskey once — maybe at a college party, maybe at a dive

Redwood Empire's "The Hyperion" Is the Most Ambitious California Whiskey Release in Years Something rare happened in American whiskey this August. A California distillery — one built on approachable, terroir-forward blends — threw out the rulebook entirely and started from scratch. The result is