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How Peerless Took the Path of Most Resistance to Their First Bourbon in a Century
The first Peerless Bourbon in a century is being released this weekend. Caleb Kilburn has been waiting for this weekend […]
Rabbit Hole Distillery Sells Majority Stake to Pernod Ricard
Rabbit Hole Distillery announced Friday that Pernod Ricard is set to acquire a majority stake in the company.
Buffalo Trace Provides An Update On Its Monster $1.2 Billion Expansion Project
The Buffalo Trace distillery in Frankfort, Kentucky has, over the last several years, been undergoing a large scale infrastructure improvement […]
Distilled Education: Four Whiskey Degrees You Can Get Online
Online whiskey classes are becoming popular for those who can’t attend classes.
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 […]
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, […]
5 Drool-Worthy Treats from Bourbon Classic’s Cocktail And Culinary Challenge
Kentucky’s finest distilleries, restaurants, and farms took center stage at The Bourbon Classic’s Cocktail & Culinary Challenge last Friday. Louisville, […]
Constellation Brands Makes Minority Investment in Rochester Craft Distiller Black Button Distilling
VICTOR, N.Y., Feb. 5, 2019 − Constellation Brands, Inc. (NYSE: STZ and STZ.B), a leading beverage alcohol company, announced today it […]
34 Kentucky Breweries are Getting New Riff Barrels to Play With
New Riff Distilling is getting into craft beer in a big way. This month, they’ll be sharing ex-bourbon barrels with 34 […]
6 Historic Whiskey Labels Revived by the Bourbon Boom
The bourbon industry has certainly had its highs and lows. Distilleries were hit hard when Prohibition took effect in 1920, […]
Buffalo Trace Distillery Introduces Old Charter Oak Bourbon
New Collection of Whiskeys Explores and Celebrates the Role Oak Plays in Making Great Whiskey FRANKFORT, FRANKLIN COUNTY, KY (Dec. 6, […]
Another Young Kentucky Distillery Ready To Release Bourbon
Dueling Grounds Distillery is a young, four year old Kentucky distillery releasing a new, two year old bourbon at the […]
A Day At Whisky Live Paris 2018
Oh, Paris. The city of lights for some and the City of Love for others. Whatever you want to call […]
Maker’s Mark: Continuing to Make Darn Good Bourbon
When one considers the myriad bourbon brands and distilleries coming out of Kentucky in this day and age, one of the […]
Why is Whiskey Brown? It’s Mostly (But Not Always) The Barrel
Why is whiskey brown? In general, whiskey is brown because it comes into contact with barrels. Alcohol is a solvent, […]
Cask Finishing Gone Wild: The Strangest Barrels that Ever Held Whiskey
If you keep up even partway with the whiskey press releases like we do, it starts to feel like there’s […]
Women in Whiskey: Helen and Elizabeth Cumming of Cardhu
One of the few historic photographs of Elizabeth Cumming of Cardhu Distillery While women are often absent from the history […]
Whiskey Barrel Entry Strength: Why Should You Care?
To make a long story almost irresponsibly short, at one time, most American whiskey entered the barrel at drinking proof, somewhere […]
Bourbon Hall of Fame inducts new members
Buffalo Trace tour guide Freddie Johnson, Beam Suntory CEO Matt Shattock and the late Alltech founder Dr Pearse Lyons have joined industry luminaries in the Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame