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Papa's Pilar Introduces Rye-Finished Rum

Papa's Pilar Introduces Rye-Finished Rum

Papa's Pilar Rye-Finished Rum offers an oak-forward taste with subtle hints of coffee, baking spices and dark chocolate.

BLACKENED Whiskey Announces Its First North American Release of Cask Strength

BLACKENED Whiskey Announces Its First North American Release of Cask Strength

BLACKENED Whiskey Cask Strength features notes of rolled oats, vanilla wafer, fig, maple sugar, and toffee on the nose. On the palate are hints of walnut, caramel, and vanilla creme with a brown sugar, ancho chile, and a cinnamon spice finish.

Chattanooga Whiskey Founder's 11th Anniversary Blend Announced

Chattanooga Whiskey Founder's 11th Anniversary Blend Announced

“Founder's is a great example of how we continue to take the road less traveled. Having 3 Solera Barrels is completely unique to the industry...”

The White Oak Shortage That Could Ruin the Bourbon Industry

The White Oak Shortage That Could Ruin the Bourbon Industry

A crucial aspect of making bourbon is under threat.

Heaven’s Door to Open Distillery in Kentucky

Heaven’s Door to Open Distillery in Kentucky

Heaven’s Door Spirits, the celebrated whiskey brand founded by Bob Dylan, announced today its plans to open a new distillery in Pleasureville, Kentucky. Located on over 160 acres of rolling hills astride Six Mile Creek, the picturesque property was once owned by Squire Boone.

Bourbon Could Be Worth $12.8bn By 2031

Bourbon Could Be Worth $12.8bn By 2031

The Bourbon market was found to be worth US$7.8 billion in 2021, and is estimated to rise by value to US$12.8bn by 2031, after increasing by a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5%.

American Whiskey Set Fetches $187,245

American Whiskey Set Fetches $187,245

Sotheby’s has sold a five-bottle set of American whiskeys from closed distilleries for US$187,245, the rarest lot of its kind to be offered at auction.

DIAGEO Welcomes The Latest Distillers Edition Collection

DIAGEO Welcomes The Latest Distillers Edition Collection

DIAGEO North America announces the launch of its newest Distillers Edition bottlings in the U.S. – an annual release of limited-edition Single Malt Scotch Whiskies that are double-matured in different types of cask wood, chosen to complement the characteristics of each mature whisky.

Buffalo Trace Reintroduces Special Seasonal Arboretum Tour

Buffalo Trace Reintroduces Special Seasonal Arboretum Tour

Buffalo Trace Distillery, the world’s most award-winning distillery, today announced the re-introduction of their popular Blanton Arboretum and Botanical Gardens Tour and Tasting.

Wild Turkey to open $161m distillery

Wild Turkey to open $161m distillery

Campari Group will invest US$161 million to open a second distillery for Wild Turkey Bourbon in Kentucky, US.

Lost Lantern Introduces New Single Distillery Series

Lost Lantern Introduces New Single Distillery Series

Lost Lantern, the award-winning independent bottler of American whiskey, is excited to announce the launch of its new Single Distillery Series. For its debut, Lost Lantern closely collaborated with two of the most exciting names in American single malt whiskey.

Jack Daniel's and Coca-Cola® Ready-to-Drink Launches in the U.S.

Jack Daniel's and Coca-Cola® Ready-to-Drink Launches in the U.S.

Jack Daniel's will today debut the iconic Jack Daniel's & Coca-Cola cocktail as a ready-to-drink (RTD), pre-mixed cocktail option for the first time in the United States.

Five Insights to Drive Whiskey Sales at Bars and Restaurants

Five Insights to Drive Whiskey Sales at Bars and Restaurants

The latest research from Union’s OnPrem Insights confirms that Whiskey, in all its forms, is a powerhouse spirit for high-volume bars and restaurants. We took a closer look at on-premise Whiskey orders to dive into customer behavior within this category.

Wolves Whiskey to release first-ever American Single Malt Whiskeys

Wolves Whiskey to release first-ever American Single Malt Whiskeys

Wolves, the luxury whiskey brand founded by culture mavericks James Bond (Undefeated) and Jon Buscemi (Buscemi, Greats, Truff, Oliver Peoples), announces that its first-ever American Single Malt whiskeys, “Lot One” under the brand’s Malted Barley Series banner, will drop Thursday, April 6.

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Buffalo Trace New Stillhouse Dedication and New Expanded Tours

Whiskey making will be at an all-time high at Buffalo Trace Distillery now that its new still house has officially been commissioned. The new still stands 40 feet tall and can produce 60,000 gallons daily.

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Bardstown Bourbon Company to Acquire Green River Spirits Company

Bardstown Bourbon Company, an innovative distiller, producer and bottler of premium Kentucky bourbon and rye whiskey, today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Green River Spirits Company.

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Jeff Arnett To Innovate with Finished Whiskeys at Company Distilling

Contrary to what some have suspected, Jeff Arnett didn’t leave because he disliked the master distiller’s post at Jack Daniel’s. Even after 12 years in the high-stress role as the person in charge of whiskey making at the world’s most prodigious whiskey plant.

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HEAVEN HILL TO BUILD $135 MILLION DISTILLERY IN BARDSTOWN

Bardstown, Ky.-based Heaven Hill Distilleries announced it will spend $135 million to begin construction on a new distillery there this spring. According to a news release, construction of the plant is expected to conclude in late 2024.

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Whiskey Tourism To Make A Profitable Footprint In Townsend, Tenn

Townsend, Tenn., markets itself as “the peaceful side of the Smokies,” and indeed, it’s quieter than the fabricated expanse of Pigeon Forge and the din of crowded Gatlinburg. Townsend has the feel of a village scattered in plots over a several-mile stretch of Hwy. 321.

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Buyout of Bardstown Bourbon Co. leaves some concerned, others hopeful

As of March 7, Bardstown Bourbon Company is the property of Pritzker Private Capital (PPC), a Chicago-based private equity owner of several manufacturing companies.

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Owensboro has ‘no regrets’ about Green River Distilling Co.

Roughly six years after Terressentia Corp. began making respectable whiskey at the O.Z. Tyler Distillery here, the properly renamed Green River Distilling Co. staged a blowout release party for its namesake 5-year-old bourbon.

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Heads & Tails: Are Single Barrels Illegal Edition

That’s the growing concern at Kentucky distilleries, where thousands of whiskey fans sample whiskeys from thousands of barrels every year.

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Lux Row Distillers Distillery Expansion Announced

Lux Row Distillers – the Bardstown, Kentucky, home of the Ezra Brooks, Rebel, Daviess County, David Nicholson and Blood Oath bourbon brands – will undergo a $4 million expansion beginning in November.

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Angel’s Envy Announces Expansion Plans

ANGEL’S ENVY®, the Louisville-based craft distiller that produces small batch, finished whiskeys, today unveiled the details of the upcoming $8.2M expansion to its downtown Louisville distillery tour.

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SAP56 Canadian Maple Whisky Honors Maker’s Heritage and Taste Memories

SAP56 references the 56 days required to harvest and process pure maple sap into a Grade A syrup. (I repeat myself: syrup making is work! Think about that the next time you wince at paying high prices for a bottle of such deliciousness.)