When the gavel fell, a price of $15,000 was fetched for a rare, numbered bottle of Van Winkle Family Reserve 15-year from the 1990s, with its distinctive dripping red wax, breaking a record for that particular bottle at the recent…
California Central Coast small-batch distillery Rod & Hammer’s SLO Stills recently said it is expanding its “Cut With The Pacific” craft whiskey across the state. SLO Stills was crafted by California surfer Rodney “Rod” Cegelski and Aussie jackaroo Harnish “Hammer”…
A new coffee-flavored bourbon recently debuted, aiming to make a splash in the liquor industry. AM-PM Coffee Bourbon is a 4-year aged straight bourbon whiskey. Its owner is Jeff Johnson, a native and Tennessee restaurateur. He started developing a coffee…
Switchgrass Spirits, a new Saint Louis distillery, said recently it is positioned for growth in the coming year after announcing the new hire of a director of sales, re-vamped distribution, the release of two new products, and opened doors to…
UniCask recently announced its “genesis cask” to be released as one of the world’s first NFTs representing fractionalized ownership of a whisky cask. Their goal? To make a Scotch whisky cask purchase available to everyone. After releasing NFTs of casks…
Halloween is almost here, and this year, after 18 months of intermittent lockdowns and closures, our shop teams want to do some celebrating. If you head down to see them this weekend they might have a treat for you… Treats…
Eastbank Spirits in Michigan recently announced the launch of Drexel Kintra and Drexel Dock & Castle, very small-batch whiskeys crafted in Detroit and finished in select barrels. Drexel Kintra features a special blend of two carefully selected straight bourbon whiskeys…
St. Louis-based beverage company 4 Hands Brewing Co, recently announced a new spirits brand known as Withered Oak, centered around whiskey. The Withered Oak brand was curated by the team at 4 Hands and 1220 Artisan Spirits over the past…
I read a meme one time that as soon as a man enters his 30s, there are two hobbies he picks up. It’s whiskey and smoking meats. Well, I’m guilty for it and I know Ryan and Fred are too.…
It’s the final episode in our 4 part series of “Is Bourbon Broken?” based on the Bourbon and Banter blog series. We’ve looked at the consumer, secondary market, distribution and retail, but this time we are looking back at the…
Texas-based TX Whiskey announced recently it has brought to market a straight bourbon whiskey finished in Cognac casks, the third expression in its Barrel Finish Series. The new spirit follows the TX Straight Bourbon Tawny Port Finish and PX Sherry…
Lost Lantern recently announced their fall 2021 collection, featuring five limited-edition single casks from American craft whiskey producers. The new independent bottler of American whiskey that launched in 2020 was inspired by independent bottlers in Scotland. Its limited, one-of-a-kind single…
A brand new premium coffee-flavored whiskey recently entered the market: Kentucky Coffee. The release comes out of a partnership between the coffee and whiskey worlds and brings what’s described as the aroma and taste of coffee into a premium whiskey.…
France’s Celtic Whisky Distillery can be found in the seaside region of Brittany uniquely facing the Island of Bréhat and generally benefits from the northerly Brittany winds, ocean climes and mild weather. The distillers there find their whiskies are well…
The Scotch whisky distillery Glen Moray recently revealed another gem for whisky lovers … the 1998 Barolo Finish, the second of three whiskies from the Warehouse 1 Collection scheduled for 2021. Distilled in 1998, this dram was tucked away in…