Recent American Whiskey Articles

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

Pick up a bottle of Jim Beam, Wild Turkey, Maker's Mark, or just about any other bourbon off the shelf and there's a near-certain chance it was made using sour mash. The same goes for Jack Daniel's Tennessee Whiskey, which plasters the term right on its label. And yet, for all its ubiquity, "sour m

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

Exploring American Single Malt Whiskey American single malt whiskey is experiencing a surge in popularity within the American whiskey landscape, with new expressions emerging regularly from both established and up-and-coming brands. The market is saturated with options, showcasing the gr

The Grain Blueprint Behind Every Bottle: Understanding the Bourbon Mash Bill Pull the cork on any bottle of bourbon and you're holding the result of countless decisions — from barrel char level to warehouse location to the number of years it sat aging in wood. But before any of that happens, befor

The Hunt Is On: Inside the Growing Search for America's Best Hotel Whiskey Bars Something is shifting in American hospitality, and the clearest proof of it is not found in renovation budgets or room rate trends — it is found at the bar. Specifically, in the increasingly serious, deliberately curat

What Is Bourbon? America's Native Spirit Explained There's a reason bourbon holds a special place in this country that no other spirit quite matches. It's not just a drink. It's a piece of American history sitting right there in your glass, waiting to be appreciated. Whether you stumbled into the

The Uncle Nearest Lawsuit Just Got a Whole Lot More Complicated What started as a straightforward — if brutal — secured lending dispute has exploded into something far messier, and far more revealing about the inner workings of one of American whiskey's most celebrated brands. The court-appointed

The Fall of an American Whiskey Icon: How Uncle Nearest Went from Billion-Dollar Darling to Courtroom Battleground For a few shining years, Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey looked like one of the most remarkable success stories in the history of American spirits. Built on the recovered legacy of a fo

The Lay of the Land: How America's Whiskey Regions Are Rewriting the Map For most of the twentieth century, the American whiskey conversation began and ended in two places: the bluegrass hollows of Kentucky and the limestone ridges of middle Tennessee. If you wanted bourbon, you looked south towar