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That Boutique-y Whisky Company Trials Trio Of Whiskies

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Just in time for the Kentucky Derby, UK-based independent bottler That Boutique-y Whisky Company has released three whiskies – an eight-year-old English rye, a 10-year-old Kentucky Bourbon and a 21-year-old Irish whiskey – to join their core range of one Canadian corn and four Scotch whiskies. All three were bottled at 45.8% alcohol by volume […]

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Montana’s Lone Mountain Ranch Resort Opens Whiskey And Cigar Den

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Montana’s Lone Mountain Ranch Resort – located in Big Sky, Montana, in the southwestern corner of the state near Yellowstone National Park – has launched “The Trapper’s Den”, a restored 1915 cabin that will be employed as a haven for cigar aficionados and whiskey enthusiasts. The Lone Mountain Ranch Resort was founded in 1915 and […]

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WhiskyCritic Lands In The Elite Eight Of Whisk[e]y Blogs & Websites

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WhiskyCritic does not typically pat ourselves on the back – it is bad form and requires an uncomfortable contortion – but it is with a double dosage of pleasure and humility that WC accepts the recent rankings of the top 45 UK whiskey blogs and websites in 2025 [https://bloggers.feedspot.com/uk_whiskey_blogs/]. WC is ranked seventh – that […]

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Maker’s Mark Debuts Wheat Whisky

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Popular bourbon producer Maker’s Mark has ventured out into a wheat field and released their first wheat whisky – Star Hill Farm – the first wheat whisky from Maker’s Mark in the 70-year history of the company. Star Hill Farm Whisky 2025 uses a pair of mashbills: one comprised of 70% soft red winter wheat […]

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Flooding Forces Buffalo Trace Distillery To Temporarily Close

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Kentucky-based mega-distillery Buffalo Trace was forced to temporarily close this week due to flooding caused by heavy rain throughout the state of Kentucky. Flooding caused by the heavy rainstorms submerged the Buffalo Trace Distillery gift shop as the distillery released a statement announcing that it would be temporarily closing until at least Thursday, April 10, […]

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Mary Dowling – The Mother Of Bourbon

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Louisville, Kentucky-based distillery Mary Dowling Whiskey Company is named after the pioneering female who was the first woman to run a major distillery and this week, the distillery is promoting a new book – “Mother of Bourbon: The Greatest Whiskey Story Never Told” – a historical fiction novel based on the life of Mary Dowling, […]

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Jim Beam Offers A Pineapple

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Jim Beam has released a new flavor in their lineup of flavored whiskies – pineapple – joining the other flavors in the range, apple, fire, honey, peach and vanilla. Jim Beam Pineapple is a pineapple liqueur infused with Kentucky straight bourbon and bottled at 32.5% alcohol by volume [65 proof]. Jim Beam Pineapple is recommended […]

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Maker’s Mark Unleashes The Keeper’s Release

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Maker’s Mark Bourbon has released The Keeper’s Release – the latest installment in their Wood Finishing Series, a collection begun in 2019 that showcases bourbons using a unique wood stave-finishing technique. Maker’s Mark The Keepers Release was matured for more than six years in hand-rotated barrels, bottled at 54.6% alcohol by volume [109.2 proof] and […]

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Green River Evokes Spirits For Promotion Of Their Bourbon

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Green River Distilling has debuted their new promotional campaign entitled “Raise Your Spirits” which revives a joke-telling ghost as part of the quality control process. Green River Distilling is based in Owensboro, Kentucky, was founded in 1885 and is listed as the 10th oldest licensed distillery in the state. Nearby family-owned Bardstown Bourbon Company purchased […]

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Maker’s Mark Asserts Perfect Unreasonableness

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Maker’s Mark bourbon dropped their latest advertising promotional campaign this week with a video depicting a man traveling to a remote location to harvest a large chunk of ice which he then transports back to his similarly isolated cabin so that…

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