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Barrel Tax Bill Under Consideration in Kentucky Legislature
February 28, 2023 – Kentucky state lawmakers have just 11 legislative days left to consider a bill that would phase out the state’s “barrel tax” on barrels of aging Bourbon. House Bill 5 would start phasing out the tax in 2026 and end it completely in 2039, and is pending in the Kentucky House Appropriations and Revenue Committee. Kentucky is the only state that taxes inventories of maturing spirits, and the tax raised approximately $40 million for local governments in 2021. Distillers have the ability to take a credit for the barrel taxes they pay against their corporate state income Read More »
Kentucky Statehouse Mulls Eliminating Barrel Tax
The Kentucky state legislature is currently considering House Bill 5, which would phase out Kentucky’s unique tax on inventories of distilled and aging spirits. The “Bourbon Barrel Tax” is an ad valorem tax, basically a property tax that assesses bourbon in a warehouse in much the same way as real estate is assessed. Kentucky, home …
Russell’s 13 and the “P-Word”
Earlier this week, Campari released its year-end financial results for 2022. With the exception of well-deserved praise for Wild Turkey’s performance (up 48.9% over the last three years), it landed with a thud for many whiskey enthusiasts. Granted, the…
Lost Lantern Showcases American Craft Diversity With Latest Single Casks
Lost Lantern, an independent bottler of American whiskey, is pleased to announce the release of their ninth single cask collection since launching in 2020. The Spring 2023 cohort features four limited-edition single casks—all aged at least 7 years–from three distilleries: Westland Distillery in Washington, Watershed Distillery in Ohio, and Corbin Cash Distillery in California. The …
Michter’s 10 Year Old Bourbon Returns After Two Year Hiatus
This March, Louisville-based Michter’s Distillery will begin releasing its 10 Year Kentucky Straight Bourbon. No Michter’s 10 Year Bourbon was shipped by the company in 2022, so this will mark the first release of this single barrel whiskey since 2021. “I thought that the 10 Year Bourbon we are now releasing was drinking beautifully last …
Bourbon Barrel Art Debut’s At Louisville’s Frazier Museum
Bourbon with HeART, Kentucky’s first and only arts-focused bourbon charity, is launching Barrels of HeART, a first-of-its-kind art exhibit opening February 2 at the Frazier History Museum in downtown Louisville (829 W Main St, Louisville, KY 40202). The mission of Bourbon with HeART is to leverage the influence and popularity of Kentucky’s most iconic spirit …
The Barrel Problem
February 19, 2023 – In 2021, Kentucky distillers filled 2-point-6 million barrels of Bourbon. Each one of those barrels was a new, charred oak barrel…just like the law requires. Other states don’t track Bourbon production specifically, but if we look at more than 2-thousand distilleries operating now in the other 49 states, it’s easy to get to somewhere between 3 and a half to four million new barrels that are needed every year, not to mention what makers of other spirits and wine need. That’s created a lot of pressure on cooperages to meet the demand, and those distilleries without long-term supply Read More »
Milam & Greene Introduces Wildlife Collection, Dedicated To Texas Critters
Milam & Greene Whiskey is introducing the Wildlife Collection, a new limited-edition series of cask strength, single barrel whiskies that attempt to answer the question, “How does weather affect aging whiskey?” – namely the exceptionally high heat, ice storms, wild temperature swings, drought, and low humidity levels that hit Texas Hill Country within the last …
Shortbarrel Acquires Old Fourth Distillery In Atlanta-Area Whiskey Merger
Atlanta-based Shortbarrel announced today the acquisition of the famous Old Fourth Distillery – the oldest continuously operating distillery in Atlanta and a pioneer in Atlanta’s recent craft distilling movement. With the closing of the deal, Shortbarrel has acquired the rights to the Old Fourth brand, existing product inventory and 1,000 barrels of fine aged whiskey. …