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Van Winkle Collection Supplemented

Buffalo Trace has released their annual Van Winkle Collection which will include additional bottles of both the 20- and 23-year-old sought-after bourbons as well as a 13-year-old rye whiskey. The 2024 Van Winkle Collection consists of Old Rip Van Winkle Handmade Bourbon 10-year-old [bottled at 53.5% alcohol by volume – 107 proof] and is priced […]

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Michter’s Hauls Out 20-Year-Old Bourbon

Louisville, Kentucky-based Michter’s Distillery is releasing Michter’s 20 Year – a re-release of their 20-year-old bourbon.
The 2024 release of Michter’s 20 Year is bottled at 57.1% alcohol by volume [114.8 proof].
The 2024 release of Micht…

Four Roses Goes Single Barrel

Kentucky-based bourbon distiller Four Roses is adding four single barrel bottlings – OBSV, OBSF, OESK and OESO – to their Single Barrel Collection as their way of celebrating the 20th anniversary of their single barrel production. whiskey by expanding the range with three new recipes. Alongside the flagship expression, OBSV, Four Roses will feature three […]

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Angel’s Envy Releases Cask Strength Bourbon

Angel’s Envy has issued forth their newest release of Angel’s Envy Cask Strength Bourbon – the 13th edition of the series – with the 2024 version finished with two types of Port wine casks [ruby and tawny Port]. Angel’s Envy Cask Strength Bourbon was finished in the aforementioned Port casks, then bottled at 59.4% alcohol […]

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Woodford Reserve Reserves Time For Madeira Cask Finish

Woodford Reserve has released a new blended bourbon finished in fortified wine casks from Portugal – Madeira Cask Finish – as part of their Master’s Collection [the 20th in the series]. Woodford Reserve Madeira Cask Finish blends bourbon, rye and wheat whiskies that were finished in Madeira barrels with Woodford’s straight wheat whiskey, bottled at […]

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Michter’s 2024 Legacy Series Travels Across The Pond

Louisville, Kentucky-based Michter’s Distillery is crossing the pond to bring a pair of limited edition 2024 Legacy Series bourbons – Bomberger’s Declaration and Shenk’s Homestead Sour Mash – to the UK market. The Michter’s Legacy Series celebrates the distillery founder – Swiss Mennonite farmer John Shenk [who founded Shenk’s Distillery in Pennsylvania] – with the […]

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Russell’s Reserve Goes To Camp

Russell’s Reserve Bourbon goes to Camp Nelson B – the third entry in their Single Rickhouse series – and the highest ABV Russell’s Reserve has released to date at a whopping 60.1% [120.2 proof] alcohol by volume. The 2024 release comes from Camp Nelson Rickhouse B is claimed to have benefited from higher elevation and […]

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Angel’s Envy Is Three Times As Nice With Triple Oak Bourbon

Angel’s Envy already occupies the top end of many bourbon lovers lists and now they have added a new triple cask-finished version – Angel’s Envy Triple Oak – the first addition to the Angel’s Envy core lineup in more than a decade. Angel’s Envy Triple Oak contains bourbon aged between four and six years, finished […]

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Old Forester Has A Birthday Bourbon

Old Forester has released a Birthday Bourbon at their Old Forester distillery in Louisville, Kentucky and will be holding a national sweepstakes for the chance to purchase one of the bottles. Old Forester releases Birthday Bourbon every year on September 2 in honor of founder George Garvin Brown’s birthday [though bottles will not be available […]

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Knob Creek Mixes It Up With Bourbon + Rye

Knob Creek has released a bourbon and rye combination which they have also bottled at a higher proof and calling Knob Creek Bourbon x Rye Kentucky Blended Straight Whiskey. Knob Creek Bourbon x Rye Kentucky Blended Straight Whiskey mixes 70% of their seven-year-old rye and 30% of their nine-year-old bourbon to produce a concoction which […]

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