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Stetson Debuts Bourbon

Longtime – born in 1865 – iconic cowboy hatmaker Stetson has collaborated with Kentucky-based Lofted Spirits to produce their first-ever bourbon. Stetson Kentucky Straight Bourbon blends bourbons from both Bardstown and Green River distilleries to create a high-rye bourbon blend aged for an average of seven years, bottled at 50% alcohol by volume [100 proof] […]

Jim Beam Debuts Creator Campus At Distillery

James B. Beam Distilling is creating a Creator Campus at the 400-acre Kentucky-based distillery home where Jim Beam and Knob Creek bourbons are also created. For the Creator Campus, Jim Beam is inviting content creators and others to apply for an opportunity to create original work at the Clermont, Kentucky campus – specifically appealing to […]

Old Forester Unveils 117 Series Bourbon

Old Forester has added Old Forester Triple Char Kentucky Straight Bourbon to their 117 series. Old Forester Triple Char Kentucky Straight Bourbon is the first bourbon to emerge from their distillery in Louisville, Kentucky. The 117 Series features experimental creations and/or unusual cask finishes. Old Forester Triple Char Kentucky Straight Bourbon has been aged in […]

Bulleit 87 Blends Bourbon And Rye

Bulleit Frontier Whiskey has released ‘87 – a blend of both bourbon and rye whiskey – which is named after the year Bulleit was founded, 1987. For Bulleit ’87, the bourbon was aged, barreled and distilled in Shelbyville, Kentucky, while the rye was distilled and aged in Indiana before winding up in Shelbyville. Both bourbon […]

Bardstown Brings The Pineapple

Bardstown Bourbon Company brings out the pineapple for the summer with Victoria Pineapple Barrel Finished – a bourbon finished in Caribbean pineapple rum casks – and also the initial foray in their Finishing Series. Bardstown Victoria Pineapple Barrel Finished is named after the Victoria pineapple variety, is a blend of bourbon aged 10-11 years and […]

Penelope Crosses The Pond

Penelope Bourbon is crossing the pond and will be made available in the UK. Penelope is distilled in the Lawrenceburg, Indiana-based distillery owned by Kansas-based spirits behemoth MGP, whose subsidiary, Luxco, is the official owner of the Penelope brand. Previously, Penelope had only been available sporadically in the UK, but now the brand’s full core […]

Buffalo Trace Goes To Summer Camp

Camp Buffalo Trace Distillery is going to summer camp – or rather, offering adults a summer camp experience by combining the typical summer camp activities with bourbon education and an overnight stay at the distillery in Kentucky. Dubbed Camp Buffalo Trace, the adult summer camp is open to adults aged 21 years and older and […]

Barton 1792 Doubles Down

Kentucky-based Barton 1792 Distillery has released a pair of new additions – a Kentucky Straight Rye and XV, a 15-year-old cask strength bourbon – to their lineup. Barton 1792 Kentucky Straight Rye Whiskey is the distillery’s first-ever straight rye product uses rye from Europe and North America, was bottled at 50% alcohol by volume [100 […]

Buffalo Trace Unveils Prohibition Collection

Buffalo Trace Distillery has released their third Prohibition Collection – a set of five whiskies produced at the George T Stagg Distillery during Prohibition, from 1920 to 1933 – Henry Watterson, Kentucky River, John G Carlisle, Walter B Duffy and Cove Spring. The George T Stagg Distillery was one of only six distilleries granted licenses […]

Four Roses Gets Experimental

Four Roses has turned experimental with the inaugural release of their Experimental Series No. 001 – finished in Japanese Mizunara oak casks. Four Roses Experimental Series No.001 is a Kentucky straight bourbon made with a rye-laden OBSK mash bill, matured for six years, finished in the aforementioned Japanese Mizunara oak barrels and bottled at 52% […]

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