Of all the Master’s Keep expressions to date, Voyage has proven itself the most difficult to cover. I’m not exactly sure why that is. There are factors that surely play a role, such as a noteworthy price increase for the series and the decision to go w…
Jim Beam has launched the second installment within the Hardin’s Creek Kentucky Series (announced June 2023), called Hardin’s Creek Frankfort. The Kentucky Series takes whiskey fans on a journey of ‘Kentucky Terroir’, featuring three Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey expressions, all aged for 17 years with the same mash bill — the only difference being the …
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Molson Coors Beverage Company (“MCBC” or “Molson Coors”) has reached an agreement to acquire Blue Run Spirits (“Blue Run”), a Scott County, Kentucky-based whiskey company. Based in Georgetown, Kentucky, Blue Run is a recent entrant, having launched in October 2020. As such, it is reliant on a mixture of whiskeys either contract produced at Castle …
Two Kentucky distilleries, one a “Kentucky Major” and one a craft-scale outfit, have settled a trademark dispute. Heaven Hill and Log Still Distilling, a family-owned-and-operated spirits company in Nelson County, Ky., have finalized a resolution of their dispute regarding the usage of the “J.W. Dant” trademark and its associated goodwill, which were purchased by Heaven …
{BARDSTOWN, KY} What a journey. On Wednesday, August 2nd, Heaven Hill Distillery celebrated a very worthy milestone in filling its 10,000,000th barrel of whiskey. That comes to over 500,000,000 gallons of juice. It would take 100 of the largest made rickhouses, housing 50,000 barrels each, to play good host to all that whiskey. A full […]
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As the Bourbon frenzy continues to go up and up, so does the amount of charity funds from doing Bourbon related auctions and raffles. That’s a win folks. Speaking of winning, here’s your chance to enter a charity Bourbon Raffle for an amazing cause with the potential to reel in some incredible bottles! This top […]
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By Richard Thomas Rating: B+ Released in 2010, Maker’s 46 was the first major brand extension by the distillery that essentially invented premium bourbon as we recognize it today, way back in the mid-1950s. The idea behind Maker’s 46 is one borrowed from the wine industry, and first applied in the whisk(e)y business by the …
Barrell Bourbon Batch 035, which struck gold at the prestigious San Francisco World Spirits Competition, is a multi-mash bill blend of six and seven-year-old spicy and earthy, high-rye, high proof oak forward barrels. They were combined with a blend of eight-year-old softer, lower-proof barrels with concentrated notes of dark cherry and butterscotch. After mingling for two …
The Kentucky Distillers’ Association (KDA) today announced Barrels & Billets in Jefferson County as the newest and 54th distilling member of the non-profit trade group that unites and leads Kentucky’s signature Bourbon and distilled spirits industry. Owned by Hillerich & Bradsby Co. (H&B), Barrels and Billets is open to the public and offers guests a …
