Recent Blind Tasting Articles

The 2026 North American Bourbon and Whiskey Competition: Everything You Need to Know About the 12th Annual Showdown Every summer, when the heat builds over Colorado's Front Range and the bourbon industry's attention turns toward the Rocky Mountains, one competition quietly assembles the most rigor

There are certain titles in American whiskey that show up every autumn like an old friend — reliable, admired, almost taken for granted by those who follow the category closely enough. George T. Stagg is one of them. And yet, no matter how many times that dark bottle from Frankfort, Kentucky, steps

Taiwan Wins Again: Kavalan Takes Back-to-Back Whisky of the Year at the 2026 International Whisky Competition When the International Whisky Competition announced its 2026 results on July 7, the envelope might as well have been addressed to Yilan County before it was ever opened. For the second con

An Instant Statement: Silverthorn Reserve Wins Two Double Golds at the 2026 San Francisco World Spirits Competition There is a particular kind of credibility that comes from blind judging — no label, no backstory, no marketing budget whispering in the ears of the panel. Just liquid in a glass. Tha