The Lost Close, an underground historic whisky attraction just off Edinburgh’s Royal Mile, today announces the launch of a new independently bottled whisky. The release marks the latest milestone in The Lost Close’s ongoing commitment to story-led whisky experiences. The Lost Close No. 3 is a 30-year-old North British grain whisky with an ABV of …
The Musician has been on the front of Still Austin’s flagship Straight Bourbon Whiskey label since its inception in 2020. This September, her story gets a new home. Still Austin Whiskey Co. today announced the opening of The Still Austin Quarter, a 15,000-square-foot hospitality destination slated to open September 2026 in the heart of South …
The Jos. A. Magnus brand is named for a whiskey man who opened a distillery in Cincinnati, Ohio 135 years ago, back when being located across the river from Northern Kentucky made the place a hotbed in the bourbon industry. Although Magnus’s chief brand was called Murray Hill, the folks who started the Jos. A. …
By Whiskey Reviewer Staff When the Pandemic locked people up and sent alcohol consumption soaring, it propelled the ongoing World Whiskey Boom to new heights. The timing was crucial, since it camouflaged reality: over in America, the world’s largest whiskey market, Gen Z was entering the market. This new cohort has different ideas and tastes …
By Richard Thomas For much of the last year, the storyline on the whiskey industry has been the American whiskey market has caught a cold and the whole world is coughing. While the softening sales numbers are undeniable, much of the commentary accompanying the news has been questionable to say the least. Supported by mostly …
By Whiskey Reviewer Staff As a rule, for a trend to stay alive it must grow not just expansively, but intensively as well. In other words, build up layers or gain in complexity. When the modern cocktail boom started a decade and a half ago, the whiskey aspect of that began with a fixation on …
By Richard Thomas Rating: D With the rise of the “New Sober,” more and more non-alcoholic (NA) substitutes for alcoholic beverages have come to market and in new categories. I’ve tried the NA alternatives for wine, and without exception they have reminded me of O’Douls. Introduced in 1990, O’Douls was (curiously enough) not actually zero …
Deutsch Family Spirits-owned brand Bib & Tucker is coming out with a Tennessee bottled in bond bourbon that is double the statutory requirement for age in September. “But how can a sourced brand be bottled in bond?” asks the croakers. The whiskey in question was distilled at Tennessee Distilling Group in Columbia in 2018. The …
Dancing Goat Distillery has announced the launch of Stillman’s Sonder: two new premium whiskey expressions – a 10-year Bourbon and a 10-year American Single Malt, each representing three generations of dedication to the craft. At the heart of the story is Duane Maas, a foundational stillman whose behind-the-scenes work helped shape modern whiskey production. Beginning …
Colorado distillery Old Elk was acquired by Ohio’s Middle West Spirits back in 2025, and the new owners are shaking things up a bit with this latest collection in Summer 2026: a collection of 10 year old whiskeys embracing Old Elk’s standard bourbon, wheated bourbon and wheat whiskey. 10-Year-Old Straight Bourbon – The hallmark of this …
