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Alpine Distilling Leads American Single Malt's New Era
Alpine Distilling Launches Exclusive Single Malt Tasting Experience as American Whiskey Enters a New Era Something significant is happening in the world of American whiskey, and it's playing out not in Kentucky's Bluegrass country or the distillery corridors of Brooklyn, but on a mountain-town mai
Never Say Die Brings English Pub Culture to Kentucky Bourbon
Never Say Die Is Bringing an English Pub to the Heart of Bourbon Country — And It Might Be the Most Interesting Brand Home in Kentucky Downtown Lexington has seen its share of whiskey concepts open in recent years, from tasting rooms tucked into renovated warehouse spaces to craft distilleries sta
Still Austin Whiskey Co. Opens 15,000-Sq-Ft Quarter
Still Austin Whiskey Co. Is Building Something Austin Has Never Seen Before There is a woman on the front of every bottle of Still Austin's flagship bourbon. She has been there since 2020 — rendered in the detailed, almost mythological style of native Texan artist Marc Burckhardt, she stares back
The Decade-Long Bet That Built Argentina's First Andean Single Malt
Inside the Decade-Long Bet That Built the World's First Andean Single Malt Whisky In 2013, two Argentine brothers drove into the wine country of Mendoza with a plan that sounded, to most people in the spirits world, somewhere between ambitious and reckless. When brothers Cristian and Gabriel Willi
Gordon & MacPhail's Final Talisker: A 39-Year Last Goodbye
The Last Goodbye: Gordon & MacPhail Releases Its Final Talisker Bottling Ever There are releases that sell out and are forgotten by the next news cycle, and then there are releases that quietly close a door that will never open again. Gordon & MacPhail's latest drop from Talisker Distiller
Tariff-Free Scotch: Why Americans Expect No Price Relief
The Tariff Is Gone — But Don't Hold Your Breath for Cheaper Scotch The 10% tariff on Scotch whisky entering the United States is officially history. The levy lifted at 12:01 a.m. Eastern on July 24, 2026, and the first duty-free shipment left Scotland within 48 hours. Governments on both sides of
Balvenie Closes Fifty Collection With 50-Year Trilogy
The Balvenie Closes the Book on Its Fifty Collection With a Whisky Decades in the Making When a distillery bottled a cask of Speyside spirit in 1973, the world looked very different. Led Zeppelin was on the radio. Nixon was in the White House. The Scotch whisky industry was still years away from t
Henry Clay Estate Marks 100 Years With Limited Bourbon
Ashland, The Henry Clay Estate Marks 100 Years of Preservation With a Limited-Edition Kentucky Straight Bourbon There is no shortage of commemorative bourbons in Kentucky. Every distillery worth its limestone water has released an anniversary expression, a founders' edition, or a heritage bottling
Puerto Rico Distillery Moves to Brunswick, Maryland
A New Address, A New Era: Puerto Rico Distillery Plants Its Flag in Brunswick, Maryland There is a particular kind of ambition that does not announce itself loudly. It shows up in a century-old building in a small Maryland railroad town, sets up a still, and puts out 218 bottles of the most carefu
Macallan Becomes Scotland's First Wildlife-Accredited Distillery
The Macallan Makes History as Scotland's First Distillery to Earn Wildlife Estates Scotland Accreditation In the long and storied world of Scotch whisky, most milestones involve the liquid itself — a rare age statement, a record auction price, a new distillery rising from the peat. The landmark ac
