Yesterday Buffalo Trace Distillery placed its nine millionth barrel of bourbon since Prohibition into Warehouse V, the one-barrel monument that has held their millionth barrels since 1953. The distillery began official barrel counting in 1933, after the repeal of Prohibition. Since then, the Distillery has celebrated multiple millionth barrel milestones – the first in 1942, …
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By Richard Thomas Rating: A- Introduced in 2014, Bomberger’s Declaration from Michter’s has become a fixture of late summer’s annualized releases. Although this expression and its sibling, Shenk’s, do not (yet) have the same buzz attached as either Michter’s other limited editions (such as Barrel Strength Rye or the 10 Year Old Single Barrels) or …
Alabama’s Conecuh Ridge Distillery, home of Clyde May’s Whiskey, has installed its column still in Troy, marking a major step toward full on-site production ahead of a planned late 2025 opening. Made with copper, brass and stainless steel, the still is 3,364-pounds, 31-feet high and 24-inches in diameter. The installation included the still being lowered …
Scotland’s The Balvenie has unveiled the Second Edition of its The Balvenie Fifty Collection, a trilogy of ultra-aged single malt from the Speyside distillery. Following the First Edition’s debut in 2024, this Second Edition continues the journey of three unique releases that will culminate in 2026. This exclusive whisky is a marriage of casks. Malt …
The Kentucky Distillers’ Association today welcomed Lexington’s Dark Arts Whiskey House as the newest member of the non-profit trade group that unites and leads Kentucky’s signature Bourbon and distilled spirits industry. Co-founded in 2023 by entrepreneurs and whiskey enthusiasts Macaulay Minton and David Peet, Dark Arts Whiskey House hones its craft by blending, re-barreling, and …
On Thursday, former US President Barrack Obama received the Freedom of the City from Lord Mayor Ray McAdam of Dublin. In a ceremony held at the Shelbourne Hotel, Obama was also presented with a first edition copy of the novel Ulysses by James Joyce, first published in 1922; and an ultra-aged bottle of Teeling single …
Even Kulsveen, the person most responsible for the revival of the Willett Distillery, passed away today. He was 79 years old. Kulsveen was Norwegian, having immigrated with his family to the US when he was 14. He found his way into the Kentucky bourbon industry after marrying Martha Willett, the daughter of Thompson Willett. That …
The latest batch of Booker’s is named for the only master distiller of the Jim Beam Distillery to not be a member of the extended Beam family: Jerry Dalton. Booker and Fred Noe first met Jerry when he moved into the house behind theirs and he took a job at a local distillery as a …
Wild Turkey Distilling Company has announced the final expression in its super-premium Master’s Keep collection: Master’s Keep Beacon. This last chapter in a decade-long series was crafted by Master Distiller Eddie Russell and son and Associate Master Blender Bruce Russell as a 118-proof bourbon made from a blend of two distinct, hand-selected bourbons. Master’s Keep …
