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MGP Ingredients to Acquire Penelope Bourbon

The upfront consideration is $105.0 million in cash to be paid at closing, with further potential earn-out contingent consideration of up to a maximum cash payout of $110.8 million measured through December 31, 2025 if certain performance conditions are met.

Heaven’s Door Back With 11-Year-Old Wheated Bourbon

Heaven’s Door Spirits – co-founded by iconic American folk singer, Bob Dylan, in 2018 – has added to their Bootleg Series with the release of an 11-year-old wheated bourbon finished in Islay whisky casks. Heaven’s Door Spirits Bootleg Series Vol IV is an 11-year-old wheated bourbon which spent nearly a year finishing in seasoned Scotch […]

Jefferson’s Bourbon To Get New Facility In Kentucky

Jefferson’s Bourbon will be the recipient of a brand spanking new $250 million ‘state-of-the-art’ carbon neutral distillery to be located in Marion County, Kentucky. The new facility comes courtesy of new owner, France-based spirits giant, Pernod Ricard, which purchased Castle Brands [the parent company of Jefferson’s Bourbon] in 2019. Jefferson’s Bourbon will be a part […]

Pappy Van Winkle 23-Year-Old Sold For $52K At Auction

A bottle of Buffalo Trace-owned Pappy Van Winkle 23 Year Old Family Reserve bourbon garnered a $52,000 sale price at a recent Sotheby’s auction earlier this month in New York – setting a new auction record for the brand. The bottle held a pre-sale estimate between $3,000 and $4,000 but whenever a bottle of Pappy […]

Maker’s Mark Unveils New York And Sydney Editions

Maker’s Mark Bourbon has released a pair of city-specific bourbons for their Wood Finishing Series/City Series – New York and Sydney – which will be available exclusively in global travel retail venues. Maker’s Mark New York Edition and Maker’s Mark Sydney Edition, are only available at airports in the two cities. Maker’s Mark New York […]

Kings Of Leon Join The Celebrity Whiskey Fray

Tennessee-based rock band Kings of Leon has become the latest celebrities to lend their name to whiskey – collaborating with Kentucky-based Willett Distillery to launch Kiamichi Whiskey – a limited edition bourbon and rye whiskey collection named after the river where the members of Kings of Leon [brothers Caleb, Nathan and Jared Followill along with […]

Knob Creek Introduces 18-Year-Old Bourbon

Knob Creek Bourbon has released Knob Creek 18 Years Old – their oldest bourbon to date – as part of the 30th anniversary of Knob Creek and the Small Batch Bourbon Collection. Knob Creek 18 Years Old was bottled at 50% alcohol by volume [100 proof] and is said to have notes of caramelized oak […]

Never Say Die Claims First English Bourbon

UK-based Never Say Die has released what they are claiming to be the first English bourbon. Never Say Die bourbon was distilled and matured four years in Kentucky, then “ocean-aged” on a six-week trip across the Atlantic, before finishing its maturation at the White Peak Distillery in Derbyshire, England, where it was bottled at cask […]

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