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NEW RELEASE: Broken Barrel Whiskey Debuts First Blended American Whiskey Finished Using Honey Barrel Staves and Texas Sotol Barrel Staves

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PRESS RELEASE provided by Broken Barrel Whiskey Los Angeles, CA – Broken Barrel Whiskey Co. known best for its innovative whiskey finishing techniques, has introduced Honey Smoke Reserva, which builds off its immensely popular Honey Smoke Rye released last year. This new offering features a Kentucky-distilled American Whiskey aged for six years, finished for five […]

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Old Fitzgerald Bottled in Bond Bourbon Review (Fall 2023)

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By Richard Thomas Rating: B+ An axiom in the whiskey trade is that a high age statement doesn’t necessarily mean a good whiskey, but what about the reverse? Can you have a great whiskey with a merely average age statement? Certainly much more than merely time goes into whiskey maturation, and if you doubt the …

EU Postpones Reimposing Whiskey Tariff

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By Richard Thomas Distilleries great and small in America were granted more than a year of space to breath easy, as the European Union and the US agreed to postpone scheduled retaliatory tariffs on each others products for another 15 months. This smoldering trade dispute dates back to the Trump Administration, which slapped tariffs on …

Q&A With Lost Lantern Whiskey

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By Kurt Maitland American whiskey has changed. Bourbon and rye are still dominant, but craft is a vibrant thing, and it feels like American Single Malt has seen more and more attention on the domestic scene. But lots of distilleries fly under the radar and are only known to an observant few. Thankfully we have …

12 Rickhouses of Turkey: TYS

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‘Tis the season … for “best of” whiskey lists. Very soon, Fred Minnick will host his annual “Top 100 American Whiskeys” blind tasting. What will come out on top? It’s anyone’s guess, though there are three Turkeys currently gracing his list: Rare Breed…

Old Forester 117 Turns To Old Scotch Barrels

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Old Forester has announced the latest release in their 117 series: Scotch Cask Finish, a  93-proof liquid that honors George Garvin Brown’s Scottish heritage. This is an interesting twist in the usual order of things, because the vast majority of Scotch whiskies are aged in ex-bourbon barrels or casks built from ex-bourbon barrel staves. It …

Buzzard’s Roost Joins KDA

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The Kentucky Distillers’ Association (KDA) today announced Buzzard’s Roost Spirits as the newest member of the non-profit trade group that unites and leads Kentucky’s signature Bourbon and distilled spirits industry. Buzzard’s Roost Spirits, established by co-founders Judith Hollis Jones and Jason Brauner, as a contract distilled brand now is also a micro distillery nestled on …

12 Rickhouses of Turkey: CNF

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Back in 2018, a curious pair of words cemented themselves into the Wild Turkey vernacular: Camp Nelson. While Wild Turkey had been aging whiskey in Jessamine County for many years, it wasn’t until those barrels hit the private-barrel program that the m…

NEW RELEASE: A. Smith Bowman’s “CASK STRENGTH” Bourbon Annual Release

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A. Smith Bowman Distillery (Fredericksburg, VA), Virginia’s oldest distillery, announced this week the third annual release of its award-winning Cask Strength Virginia Straight Bourbon Whiskey, A. Smith Bowman Cask Strength Bourbon is the result of continuous year-long tastings to blend the best barrels available. Hand-selected by Distiller David Bock, this year’s release is 135.1 proof and aged a […]

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Bourbon Classic’s “TOP SHELF: BTAC EXPERIENCE” Event is On Sale NOW.

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2024 Bourbon Classic just announced tickets are now on sale for the satellite event TOP SHELF: A Buffalo Trace Antique Collection Experience” taking place at Louisville’s luxuriously eclectic 21c on February 21. Tickets are extremely LIMITED. This special experience entails an intimate evening with a 5 flight tasting of the 2023 BTAC lineup. Culinary might […]

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