Recent Cask Finish Articles

Whiskeys With a Tequila Twist Image credit: Flux.1 Cask finishing has become one of the most exciting frontiers in whiskey production, and few combi

Deanston Brings Andalucía to America: The Orange Wine Cask 17-Year-Old Hits U.S. Shelves There are whisky releases built around marketing concepts, and then there are the ones rooted in something genuinely personal — where the cask, the spirit, and the person who put them together share a single t

Rare Find Puts Glenglassaugh Through Three Cask Finishes — and the Results Are Worth Hunting Down There is a particular kind of release in the independent bottling world that does more than add another expression to a shelf. It makes an argument — about a distillery's range, about the science of f

Frank August's Case Study 07 "French Connection": Kentucky's Most Ambitious Whiskey Blend of 2026 There is a particular kind of confidence required to walk into one of the most tradition-bound spirits categories in America and announce, without apology, that the old playbook is being rewritten. Jo

Four Roses Finally Breaks Its Own Rules: The Experimental Series No. 001 Is the Distillery's First-Ever Cask-Finished Bourbon For a distillery that has spent more than two decades meticulously building one of the most technically rigorous bourbon programs in Kentucky, the announcement of a cask-fi

There's a new bourbon in town, and it's not trying to be everything to everyone. Blade and Bow's 12-Year-Old Solera Reserve is quiet confidence in a bottle — the kind of whiskey that doesn't need to announce itself because it lets what's inside do the talking. Released in June 2026 as a new lim

A Charlotte Distillery Is Making Some of the Most Interesting Finished Whiskey in America Right Now There are distilleries that burst onto the scene with a lot of noise and little to back it up. And then there are operations like Oaklore Distilling Co. out of Charlotte, North Carolina — a brand th

Ardbeg is no stranger to pushing boundaries, but for Ardbeg Day 2026, the legendary Islay distillery is taking things somewhere entirely unexpected — straight to the sun-drenched vineyards of Sicily. The limited edition release is called Ardbeg Dolce, and it's the kind of whisky that makes you stop

Barrell Craft Spirits has never been a company that plays it safe, and their latest release makes that clearer than ever. The Louisville-based independent blender just announced a limited-edition 18-year whiskey finished in Cabernet Sauvignon and Sauternes barrels, and it's the kind of thing that s

There are distilleries that spend decades chasing recognition, and then there are distilleries that just quietly make great whiskey until the world catches up. Southern Distilling Company falls into the second category. Tucked away in Statesville, North Carolina, this operation has been building a