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There's a certain kind of whiskey drinker who's tried it all. The bourbons, the ryes, the single barrels, the store picks. He's got opinions about mash bills and he knows the difference between a finish and a flavor. For that guy, TX Whiskey has something new to put in front of him, and it's worth

Anyone who's spent real time behind a bar knows the difference between reading about a technique and watching someone who actually invented it explain why it works. That's the whole idea behind Tales on Tour, and this September it's setting up shop in the nation's capital for two days that could sh

Sixty-one is not a number lawyers throw around lightly. That's how many organizations, states, and legal scholars just told the U.S. Supreme Court they think a 158-year-old federal law needs to go. Not a handful of activists. Not one advocacy group with an axe to grind. Sixty-one separate parties,

There's a moment every whiskey drinker knows. You're standing in front of a shelf, looking at another bottle that promises to be "unique" or "small batch" or "limited," and you wonder if it's actually going to taste any different from the last ten you tried. Most of the time, the answer is no. But

Chattanooga Whiskey Goes to Eastern Europe: Moldovan Ice Wine Cask Finish Arrives as Eighth Barrel Finishing Series Release Chattanooga Whiskey has built its reputation on a particular kind of audacity — the willingness to reach far beyond Tennessee's borders, beyond Kentucky's established bourbon

Canada's War on American Whiskey: A New Survey Shows the Boycott Has Deep Roots — and American Distillers Are Paying the Price The numbers are in, and they are uncomfortable reading for anyone with a stake in American bourbon or whiskey. Nearly seven in 10 Canadians believe the government should m

The Dog Toy That Wouldn't Die: Ninth Circuit Hands Jack Daniel's Another Courtroom Defeat in the Bad Spaniels Saga After more than a decade of litigation that has wound through federal district courts, the Ninth Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court, a squeaky rubber dog toy shaped like a b

Frey Ranch's Tractor Tailgate Club: A $999 Members-Only Portal Into Nevada's Most Authentic Whiskey Farm When a whiskey distillery announces a $999-a-year membership club , there are two ways to read it. One is as another premium-tier gimmick dressed up in exclusive packaging. The other is as the

Riley Green's Duck Club Bourbon: Where the Duck Blind Meets the Barrel There's a particular kind of credibility that no publicist can manufacture and no brand consultant can engineer — the kind that comes from a man who actually does the thing he's selling. When Riley Green stepped into the spirit

A Millennium in the Ground, a New Life in the Glass: Boann Distillery's 1,000-Year-Old Irish Oak Casks When Storm Elin tore through County Meath in December 2023, it brought down more than just a tree. The storm toppled a millennium-old oak on Preston's Estate at Swainstown Farm — a giant that had