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Basil Hayden Unveils Suave Subtle Smoke

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Basil Hayden Bourbon has released Subtle Smoke – actually, re-released, as it was originally released in 2022 with the intention of being a one-time limited release. Basil Hayden Subtle Smoke, as part of the two-part maturing process, spent six months smoldering in secondary barrels that were toasted, slightly charred and infused with hickory smoke, then […]

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Jamie Foxx Brings BSB Back As Brown Sugar Blend

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Actor and musician Jamie Foxx purchased what was then Brown Sugar Bourbon from Washington State-based Heritage Distilling in 2021 and has revamped the recipe and packaging for the bourbon, which is now called Brown Sugar Blend (BSB). Foxx now owns the brand as part of a collaboration with Texas-based spirits incubator Wes Brands. BSB was […]

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Templeton Gets Fortitude

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Iowa-based Templeton Distillery has released a bourbon called Fortitude – their first non-rye whiskey product since opening six years ago in the town of Templeton, Iowa. Templeton Fortitude is produced with a mash bill of 55% corn, 40% rye and 5% malted barley, matured in first-fill American oak barrels, bottled at 46% alcohol by volume […]

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Michter’s 10-Year-Old Gets Delayed Release

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Michter’s distillery is releasing the 2024 batch of their vaunted 10-year-old bourbon after initially withholding its release in 2022 due to low supply and has now released it two years in a row. Michter’s Distillery initially withheld release of the 2022 batch as the distillery managed the low supply stock and released the 10-year-old rye […]

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Woodford Reserve Doubles Down With Triple Finish And Batch Proof

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Brown-Forman-owned Woodford Reserve has released a pair of bourbons – Sonoma Triple Finish and Batch Proof Series 121.2 – for travel retail venues. Woodford Reserve Master’s Collection Sonoma Triple Finish is finished in former Sonoma County Pinot Noir, brandy, and bourbon barrels previously used for aging red wine and is said to offer notes of […]

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Yellowstone Reveals Rum Cask Finish Bourbon

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Kentucky-based Limestone Branch Distillery has released a Yellowstone Rum Cask Finish Bourbon as part of their Special Finishes Collection. Yellowstone Rum Cask Finish was matured for four years, finished in Cuban rum casks, bottled at 50% alcohol by volume [100 proof] and is said to offer notes of cloves, crème brûlée, honey and tobacco. Yellowstone […]

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Angel’s Envy Makes People Envious In Edinburgh And London

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Angel’s Envy is making people envious in Edinburgh and London as they collaborate with bars in those two cities to celebrate the Manhattan cocktail until Wednesday, February 21, 2024. More than 21 bars in the two cities will be making their versions on the cocktail [typically consisting of bourbon, sweet vermouth and bitters] while using […]

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New York’s Great Jones Collabs With NY Winery For Bourbon

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New York City-based distillery Great Jones Distilling has collaborated with Long Island-based Wölffer Estate Vineyard to create Great Jones x Wölffer Estate Cask Finished Bourbon. Great Jones x Wölffer Estate Cask Finished Bourbon is a blend of four-to-seven-year-old straight bourbon finished for more than a year in the Estate’s Caya Cabernet Franc barrels, bottled at […]

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Uber Cans Drizly

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Three years ago, Uber rideshare service app purchased USA-based alcohol delivery service app Drizly for a whopping $1.1 billion. Uber is now experiencing a hangover and closing Drizly as of March 2024. Uber says that, instead, they will integrate alcohol delivery into their homegrown delivery service app, Uber Eats. Since the purchase, Drizly had operated […]

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No Sleep Beverage Invests In Nine Banded Whiskey

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Texas-based Nine Banded Whiskey Distillery has collaborated with former Pernod Ricard executive Nick Papanicolaou’s No Sleep Beverage investment company with a $10 million funding boost from NSB. In addition to producing spirits, Papanicolaou’s NSB investment will help Nine Banded construct their whiskey tasting room at the distillery’s home base of Austin. Nine Banded Whiskey was […]

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