Recent Kentucky Bourbon Articles

The Hat That Built the West Is Now in a Glass: Stetson Bourbon Has Arrived There are very few brand names in American history that carry the weight of an entire cultural epoch. Coca-Cola. Levi's. Winchester. And Stetson. Since 1865, that name has sat atop the heads of cowboys, lawmen, presidents,

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

Northern Kentucky's Boone County Distilling Co. Earns National Recognition as One of America's Top Small Businesses Worth a Road Trip Somewhere between the sprawling mega-distilleries that dominate bourbon country's skyline and the weekend hobbyist operations that pop up and vanish, there exists a

Maker's Mark Is Going "Perfectly Unreasonable" — and the Bourbon World Is Watching When a spirits brand drops a major global campaign in the middle of an industry-wide hangover, it either looks tone-deaf or brilliantly defiant. Maker's Mark is betting everything on the latter. In February 2025, th

Old Forester's Triple Char Is More Than a New Bourbon — It's Proof That Main Street Has Arrived When Old Forester announced the newest entry in its 117 Series on July 24, 2026, the press release carried two distinct pieces of news bundled into a single bottle. The first was right there in the name

Bardstown Bourbon Company Takes Tropical Seriously: The Story Behind the Victoria Pineapple Barrel Finish There is a particular challenge embedded in the very chemistry of American whiskey that most distillers have simply learned to live with: the near-impossibility of coaxing genuine tropical fru

Luca Mariano Distillery Sold for $19.5 Million: Inside the Kentucky Bourbon Industry's Sharpest Fall from Grace A Kentucky bourbon distillery that spent years building toward a grand opening — only to collapse under the weight of tens of millions in debt just weeks after cutting the ribbon — has f

Who Really Makes Trader Joe's Bourbon? If you've ever found yourself standing in the liquor aisle of your local Trader Joe's, squinting at a plain-looking bottle labeled "Kentucky Bourbon" and thinking, "wait — who actually made this thing?" — you are not alone. This question has been bouncing aro

Alan Jackson's Silverbelly Whiskey Is Now Offering Newlyweds a Personal Gift — Straight From Alan Himself Alan Jackson has spent more than three decades writing songs about love, marriage, and the kind of life worth celebrating. Now, through his Silverbelly Whiskey brand, he's turning that ethos i

In the American whiskey world, geography is everything — until it isn't. WhistlePig, the Vermont-based rye house that has spent nearly two decades writing its own rules from a 500-acre farm in Shoreham, has now planted its flag in the very heart of bourbon country. The opening of The WhistlePig Vau