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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

Inside The Liquor Bros' Expanding Barrel Picks Collection — and What It Says About the New American Bourbon Market Bergen County, New Jersey, isn't the first place most bourbon drinkers would expect to find a serious private barrel selection program. That distinction has long belonged to Louisvill

There is a long tradition in American business of showing up in person when something important is on the line. Letters get filed. Emails get skimmed. But a person standing in a congressional office, talking about the grain he buys, the people he employs and the town he operates in, tends to stick.

Last Call in California: How Big Money Is Killing Craft Distillery Delivery For anyone who spent pandemic lockdowns discovering small-batch bourbon from a California craft distillery — boxes dropped at the door, a hand-stamped label, something made fifty miles away by someone who actually knew you

Kentucky to Canada: How the Great Booze Ban Became a Bargaining Chip in the Most Consequential Trade Fight in a Generation For American bourbon and whiskey producers, Canada has long been more than a neighbor — it has been a lifeline. Millions of cases of Tennessee whiskey, Kentucky bourbon, and c

Still Austin Whiskey Co. Is Building Something Bigger Than a Bar For more than a decade, Still Austin Whiskey Co. has been one of the most compelling stories in American craft spirits — a grain-to-glass distillery planted firmly in the heart of Texas, making bourbon and rye with the same swagger a

Old Elk Drops a Trio of 10-Year-Old Whiskeys — and the Timing Couldn't Be More Loaded Fort Collins, Colorado has always been an unlikely headquarters for serious American whiskey. The city spent the better part of a century under self-imposed prohibition — between 1896 and 1969, it prohibited the

Potter Jane's Big Vat Liar: The Sourced Bourbon They Swore They'd Never Make When Denny Potter and Jane Bowie walked away from Maker's Mark in 2022, they did so with a clear declaration baked into their very identity as distillers: they would never put their name on a bourbon they didn't distill t

Most people who make the drive from Louisville out to Loretto have the same story to tell afterward. They walked the grounds, watched the bottles get dipped in red wax, bought something in the gift shop, and headed back down the road with a decent afternoon behind them. It is a good trip. Thousands

The Borders Distillery Closes Its Workshop Series with 'Deep Time,' a Whisky Rooted in Science, Soil, and Seven Years of Spirit There is a particular kind of anticipation that builds around a distillery still waiting to release its first single malt. Every bottle that comes before it carries doubl