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Gold Bar Whiskey Attempts To Break A World Record

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San Francisco-based Gold Bar Whiskey will be attempting to break the official Guinness Book of World Records record for “Most People Shaking Cocktails Simultaneously” on May 17, 2025 at the Treasure Island distillery. The current record for Most People Shaking Cocktails Simultaneously is 1,710 – set by Diageo in Barcelona, Spain, on September 18, 2013 […]

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Hatozaki Whiskey Releases Triple Cask Reserve

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Hatozaki Whisky has released their latest expression, Hatozaki Triple Cask Reserve. A creation of Master Distiller and Blender Kimio Yonezawa’s, it is available now in the US for a suggested retail price of $74.99 (750ml bottles) Triple Cask Reserve is a blend of hand-selected malt whiskies, the liquid is aged first in ex-Bourbon and ex-Sherry …

Brother’s Bond Encourages Regeneratively Farmed Grain For Whiskey

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In celebration of Earth Month, Brother’s Bond Bourbon has announced a new campaign underlining regenerative agriculture. This follows on Maker’s Mark introducing its new Star Hill brand earlier this month, which is also tied to regenerative farming practices. Founded by Ian Somerhalder and Paul Wesley in 2021, Brother’s Bond is centered on creating exceptional whiskey …

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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Buffalo Trace Recovering From Major Flood

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By Richard Thomas Buffalo Trace Distillery draws in some 340,000 visitors annually which places it among the most visited distilleries in the world. For most of those visitors, the distillery’s location on the banks of the Kentucky River is one of its most bucolic features; indeed, the distillery itself figures prominently for kayakers and boaters …

Kentucky Distillers Association Louisville Negociant As Newest Craft Member

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The Kentucky Distillers’ Association today announced Left Bank Bourbon in Jefferson County as the newest member of the non-profit trade group that unites and leads Kentucky’s signature Bourbon and distilled spirits industry. Left Bank Bourbon is a negoicant, better known in the US as a non-distiller producer (or NDP). The company was founded in 2018, and …

Midleton Very Rare Celebrates Bicentenary With Newest Release

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Midleton Very Rare has released their annual vintage Irish single pot still whiskey to celebrate the Old Midleton Distillery’s bicentenary, which had been open from 1825 to 1975 before production moved to a newer distillery within the same site in County Cork, Ireland. Midleton Very Rare is a blend of Irish single pot still and […]

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Lexington’s RD-1 Spirits Poised To Open New Location Next Month

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By Richard Thomas Lexington, Kentucky’s RD-1 Spirits has announced a date–May 14, 2025–for the opening of their new home and brand destination, RD1 Distillery at The Commons, a developing retail and commercial space that already includes the popular Battle Axes entertainment venue. RD1 is upgrading from its former Tasting Room and Gift Shop on the …

Sixth And Final Whiskey Added To Midleton Very Rare Silent Collection

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Irish Distillers has released 50-year-old Chapter Six, the sixth and final addition to their Midleton Very Rare Silent Distillery Collection, which showcases Irish whiskies with age statements from 45-50 years old. Chapter Six Midleton Very Rare Silent Distillery Collection collects the final drops of Irish whiskey from the Old Midleton Distillery, which operated from 1825 […]

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