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11 Best Whiskeys Marking America’s 250th Anniversary
America’s 250th birthday is pulling whiskey makers in two directions at once: some are digging into archives and heritage mashbills, others are building something new for the occasion. The range runs from a $20 Beam release to a 50-state bourbon blend five years in the making. Here’s what’s hitting shelves. Lost Lantern United States of […]
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Buffalo Trace Revives 5 Forgotten Prohibition-Era Whiskey Brands in New $1,000 Collection
Buffalo Trace Distillery is bringing five long-forgotten whiskey brands from the Prohibition era back to life with the release of the third edition of its annual Prohibition Collection. The 2026 limited-edition release commemorates the whiskeys that were legally bottled and sold at what is now Buffalo Trace Distillery while most of the American whiskey industry […]
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George Washington’s Distillery Is Dropping Its First Bourbon to Celebrate America’s 250th Anniversary
George Washington’s Mount Vernon is marking America’s 250th anniversary with a historic first: the release of the first bourbon ever produced by George Washington’s Distillery. The limited-edition George Washington’s Spirit of ’76 Cask Strength Bourbon Whiskey will go on sale July 4 at The Shops at Mount Vernon. Only about 300 bottles will be available, […]
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Buffalo Trace Owner Acquires Bankrupt Kentucky Bourbon Distillery for $20 Million
Sazerac has acquired the former Garrard County Distilling property in Lancaster, Kentucky, after submitting the winning $20 million bid during a court-ordered auction, paving the way for new life at one of the state’s newest bourbon production facilities, LEX 18 reported. Sazerac’s intentions to purchase the distillery were first reported in March and are now […]
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India to Slash 150% Tariff on Irish Whiskey Under EU Trade Agreement
India will reduce its 150% tariff on Irish whiskey under a new free trade agreement with the European Union, a move that could significantly expand one of the world’s fastest-growing export markets for Irish distillers. Speaking in Delhi, India’s External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar told the Business Post that spirits are included in the EU-India […]
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Fred again.. Named Monkey Shoulder Scotch Creative Partner as He Announces India Concert Tour
Fred again.. will perform his first-ever concerts in India this December as part of a new three-year partnership with blended Scotch whisky brand Monkey Shoulder, which has named the electronic music artist its first official Creative Partner, beginning a three-year partnership between the artist and the William Grant & Sons-owned whisky brand. The three-show run […]
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Wyoming Whiskey Returns to Wyoming Ownership As Co-Founder Buys Macallan Owner’s 80% Stake
Wyoming Whiskey is returning to its roots. The craft distillery announced on Thursday that a Wyoming-based investment group led by co-founder David DeFazio has acquired Edrington’s 80% ownership stake in the brand, returning it to full Wyoming ownership for the first time since 2018. The deal marks a significant turning point for one of the […]
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Heaven Hill’s Farewell to a Historic Rickhouse Produced One of 2026’s Best Bourbons
Heaven Hill’s Deatsville campus is winding down. The site — built on the grounds of the former T.W. Samuels Distillery, which Heaven Hill took over in the early 1980s — will transition out of active aging within the next 12 to 24 months. No new barrels will fill it; what’s there now is what’s left. […]
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Heaven Hill Debuts Spring 2026 Old Fitzgerald Bottled-in-Bond Release
On Wednesday, Heaven Hill Distillery announced the latest release in its highly allocated Old Fitzgerald Bottled-in-Bond Decanter Series, unveiling a 10-year-old Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey scheduled to arrive on shelves in July. The Spring 2026 edition is the 17th national release in the series and is comprised of barrels distilled in spring 2016 and bottled […]
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One of America’s Best Single Malt Whiskey Series Comes From Iowa
Iowa doesn’t come up much in conversations about world-class single malt, but Cedar Ridge Distillery, out of Swisher, has been quietly making the case that it should. The Pete & Sherri Married series — a blend of peated malt and sherry-finished malt, the name a wink at both its components and the whisky term for […]
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Four Roses Goes in a New Direction With Japanese Oak-Finished Bourbon
Four Roses is entering unfamiliar territory. On Tuesday, the Kentucky bourbon producer announced the launch of its Experimental Series, a limited-edition collection designed to explore maturation techniques, barrel finishes and production methods beyond the company’s traditional framework. The inaugural release, Experimental Series No. 001, is a Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey finished in Japanese Mizunara oak […]
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Willett Fills First Barrel of Whiskey at New Springfield Distillery
Willett Distillery has reached a major milestone in its expansion plans, filling the first barrel at its new Springfield, Kentucky, production facility and officially beginning distilling operations at the site, the company announced Monday. The first barrel was filled on June 18, marking the launch of production at the new Washington County campus. Willett says […]
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The 9 Best Japanese Whiskies, Ranked by Critics
Japanese whisky has spent years clawing its way to the top of the global spirits conversation, and at this point the argument is settled. The category produces some of the most compelling malt and blended whisky on the planet, period. But not all bottles are created equal, and the price spread is wild, ranging from […]
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The 7 Best American Single Malt Whiskeys Under $100
American single malt is no longer a novelty category. It has producers in Iowa, Virginia, Texas, New Mexico and the Pacific Northwest all making compelling cases that malted barley whiskey doesn’t have to come from Scotland to be worth your attention. The seven bottles below were ranked using The Daily Pour Critics’ Score, our proprietary […]
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Judge Approves Sale of Uncle Nearest’s Martha’s Vineyard Property Amid $100M Debt Dispute
A federal judge has approved the sale of an Uncle Nearest-owned Martha’s Vineyard property, allowing the whiskey company’s court-appointed receiver to move forward with a deal aimed at helping repay creditors amid an ongoing financial dispute. According to the Vineyard Gazette, U.S. District Judge Charles Atchley Jr. signed off on the sale of the Edgartown-West […]
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Judge Dismisses Former Bardstown Bourbon Co. Executive’s Lawsuit Against Whistleblower
A defamation lawsuit filed by a former Bardstown Bourbon Company executive against a whistleblower has been dismissed, marking a legal win for the defense in an ongoing dispute tied to allegations of workplace misconduct at the Kentucky distiller. Jefferson Circuit Court Judge Julie Kaelin dismissed the case on June 12, according to court records reported […]
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What We Know About the Mysterious Whiskey That Took Home the Highest Honor at a Major Competition
When the International Wine & Spirits Competition released its North American results last week, one winner stood above the rest — a 99-point whiskey from Bardstown Bourbon Company called “Lochs of Jura Barrel 10 YO.” It was the top score among only five spirits to achieve Gold Outstanding status, the competition’s top tier reached by […]
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Johnnie Walker Toasts Knicks Championship With Limited-Edition NYC Whisky
The Knicks’ finals win has swept the streets of New York City with a wave of hype, awe and once-in-a-lifetime camaraderie. So what better brand to throw its hat into the ring than a quintessentially Scottish whisky distiller? On Thursday, Johnnie Walker unveiled a limited-edition reimagining of its Blue Label bottling, the most expensive offering […]
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WhistlePig Gets Rid of Facility at the Center of Whiskey Fungus Controversy With $17M Sale
WhistlePig Whiskey has sold a complex of spirits aging warehouses in Moriah, New York, for $17 million, according to the Adirondack Explorer. The otherwise unassuming facility was at the center of a years-long dispute with locals over the first documented outbreak of Baudoinia Compniacensis, or whiskey fungus, in the state. On Monday, it was reported […]
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Most Ambitious Bourbon Ever? This Blend Includes Whiskey From All 50 States
Independent whiskey bottler Lost Lantern on Monday unveiled the first bourbon blended with components from all 50 states, bringing together distillate from producers across the country in one of the most ambitious blending projects in American whiskey history. The new “United States of Bourbon” collection debuts with three expressions: a 100-proof release, a cask-strength edition […]
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Coors Debuts 8-Year-Old Whiskey, but It’s Only Coming to 2 States
Coors Whiskey Co. is stepping deeper into the premium whiskey space with the release of a limited-edition 8-year-old blended American malt whiskey that it says leans heavily on nearly 150 years of malting expertise. The new expression, unveiled Monday, highlights the company’s long-standing role in grain production and malting, a foundation that predates its rise […]
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The Verdict: How Good Are Old Forester’s 2026 President’s Choice Bourbon and Rye Whiskeys?
Old Forester’s President’s Choice series returns Saturday, and for the second consecutive year, it’s launching with both a bourbon and a rye expression, timed to land on National Bourbon Day and the eighth anniversary of the Old Forester Distillery on Whiskey Row. Both releases are single barrels aged 7 to 9 years, bottled at barrel […]
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‘Welcome News’: Kentucky Distillers Applaud Donald Trump’s Decision to Roll Back Tariffs on Scotch Whisky
The Kentucky Distillers’ Association released a statement applauding President Donald Trump’s Thursday decision to remove tariffs on Scotch whisky, calling the move a restoration of reciprocal, tariff-free trade between Kentucky and Scotland’s whisky industries. The statement follows Thursday’s announcement that the U.S. will eliminate tariffs on Scotch, a policy shift expected to ease pressure on […]
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Trump Removes Tariffs on Scotch Whisky Following Royal Visit
President Donald Trump said Thursday he will eliminate tariffs on Scotch whisky, framing the decision as a gesture to strengthen U.S.-U.K. ties following a White House visit from King Charles III and Queen Camilla. The move, reported on by Politico, removes a 10% tariff that has weighed on scotch exports to the U.S., the category’s […]