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This Bottle of Red Hook Rye is One of the Rarest, Most Expensive Willetts in the World
Every whiskey collector has a unicorn bottle they’re hunting. Whether you take part in liquor store lotteries, pop into every […]
15 Laid Back Ways to Celebrate National Bourbon Day
National Bourbon Day is here, and though most bourbon lovers celebrate every day, here are a few ways to make the day extra special.
Where to Drink: Raised by Wolves, The San Diego Speakeasy for Connoisseurs
Speakeasy-style cocktail bars have long-been a trend in the bar industry. Some are hidden through a phone booth in the […]
‘Confiscated’ will be Kentucky Owl’s First Nationwide Release
Kentucky Owl has announced the release of Confiscated Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey, the brand’s first bottle to be sold in […]
Fred Noe On What Went Into Crafting Legent Bourbon
Beam-Suntory, as you likely know by now, has a very large stable of spirits brands. Among these are a host […]
Let’s Talk Double Double Oaked Bourbon, Woodford Reserve Style
Brown-Forman’s Woodford Reserve distillery is known its Master’s Collection and Distillery Series limited edition expressions, both of which exist alongside […]
“Game of Thrones” Characters Don’t Drink Bourbon — But if They Did, Here’s Who Would
Some of our favorite “Game of Thrones” characters love to drink, and if it had been around at the time, we think these would be some of bourbon’s biggest fans.
Buffalo Trace Brings Home SEVEN Double Gold Awards
Buffalo Trace Distillery spirits took home 23 medals at the 2019 San Francisco World Spirits Competition.
WhiskyFest Chicago 2019
Each early spring, Chicagoans, other Midwesterners and other global whisk(e)y fans descend upon the Hyatt Regency on majestic Wacker Drive […]
Tasted: American Fifth Straight Bourbon
We taste the Lansing, Michigan based American Fifth Spirits award-winning Straight Bourbon
First Annual Breakthru Whiskey Classic
Earlier this month, spirits producers, buyers, and industry media gathered at Chicago Blackhawks practice facility MB Ice Arena for the […]
BUFFALO TRACE DISTILLERY RELEASING WELLER FULL PROOF BOURBON
New 114 Proof Wheated Bourbon to be Annual Release Fans of W.L. Weller Bourbon Whiskey from Buffalo Trace Distillery are […]
Bulleit Rye Ups The Ante With New 12 Year Old
In 2011, Bulleit got into rye whiskey just in time for the craze in rye whiskeys by introducing Bulleit Rye, […]
Legent Bourbon: A Kentucky Bourbon with a Japanese Touch
It’s not often that two whiskey masterminds collaborate in the creation of something brand new. But Fred Noe, Jim Beam’s […]
Tennessee Whiskey And The Question Of Calling It A Bourbon
A few weeks back I posted a piece on a proposed rule change by the Tax and Trade Bureau on […]
A Short History of Irish Whiskey
Did you know the Irish invented whiskey? Now the Scots will disagree with me on that one, but as far […]
Celebrating Pi Day the Bourbon Way
Celebrating Pi Day the Bourbon Way
The Upcoming Weller ‘Full Proof’ Bourbon Could be the Whiskey of the Summer
It would appear that Buffalo Trace and parent company Sazerac are preparing to release a new, non-chill filtered wheated bourbon, […]
Control States And Their Influence On Your Whiskey Buying
If you haven’t had the pleasure of trying to buy a spirit such as whiskey in a liquor control state, […]