Jim Beam – the official spirits partner of Formula One backmarkers, Cadillac – has produced a promotional video campaign entitled “Better View,” [which is presumably a reference to the better view one gets from behind the pack]. Jim Beam has had a rough year, having to shutter parts of their distillery to begin the year, […]
Kentucky-based Blade and Bow has released a new blended bourbon – 12-Year Solera Reserve – as an annual limited release. Blade and Bow 12-Year Solera Reserve was created at the Stitzel-Weller Distillery in Louisville. Blade and Bow 12-Year Solera Reserve was blended using a Solera finishing process in a quartet of wine and spirit barrels: […]
Japanese whiskymaker Mars has collaborated with Kentucky-based Bardstown Bourbon Company to create a limited edition blend combining the Japanese single malts with the bourbon in a ‘first-of-its-kind’ process. Single malt whiskies emerging from Mars’ Komagatake and Tsunuki were shipped to Bardstown, where they were married with Bardstowns’ 10- to 16-year-old bourbons. The Komagatake single malt […]
Old school bourbon brand Wild Turkey has released Austin Nichols Archives Collection – a new annual limited series shining the spotlight on Wild Turkey vintage releases – with the debut release, Gold Foil Edition. Wild Turkey Austin Nichols Archives Gold Foil Edition is a 16-year-old Kentucky straight bourbon homage to Wild Turkey vintages from the […]
Buffalo Trace Distillery has revived Four Grain and Cured Oak – a pair of bourbons from their Colonel EH Taylor, Jr. series – with Four Grain due to become an annual limited release while Cured Oak is being slotted in as an occasional release. Colonel EH Taylor, Jr. Four Grain Bourbon is a small-batch bourbon […]
Bay Area-based Abstract Ice – ice supplier to such notable events as the Academy, Emmy and Grammy Award shows – is expanding their unique ice cubery shapes and techniques to a larger base. Abstract Ice – which calls Petaluma home – is known for taking premium craft ice shapes beyond the boring cubes, squares and […]
Philadelphia was in the house, represented by Alexis Ortega as Ortega claimed the title of 2026 US Bartender of the Year of 2026 Diageo World Class. Ortega, the head bartender at Static Bar in Philadelphia, now advances to the global final in Scotland. Ortega took on and defeated 15 other bartending finalists in the USA […]
Kentucky-based Green River Distilling has released Green River Honey Finished Bourbon – which, as its name hints, is a Kentucky straight bourbon finished in barrels with 100% locally sourced honey. Green River Honey Finished Bourbon is a four-year-old straight bourbon which has then had the locally sourced honey added directly into barrels to finish the […]
Buffalo Trace Distillery has sent their 2025 Buffalo Trace Antique Collection (BTAC) across the pond to the UK market as Buffalo Trace celebrates the 25th anniversary of the BTAC’s birth in 2000. To commemorate the occasion, Buffalo Trace will host an exclusive consumer tasting at Buffalo Trace Distillery in London’s Covent Garden this month where […]
The newly opened Hollywood Distillery in Hollywood – of course – is preparing to help people celebrate the holiday season for the first time ever as a stand-alone distillery operation after opening in early October 2025. The company – led by founders Larry Neuberg, Ferris Wehbe and Jeff Zarrinnam – has actually been in operation […]
