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Smirnoff Vodka Brings Back Spicy Tamarind

In celebration of Día De Muertos, Smirnoff Vodka has announced the return of its Spicy Tamarind, a style made popular in Mexico. Fitted in a new colorful, Día De Los Muertos-inspired glow-in-the-dark design, Smirnoff Spicy...

Teeling Whiskey Releases Peated Single Malt Blackpitts

Teeling Whiskey has released Blackpitts, a peated single malt Irish whiskey. The production of Blackpitts uses smoke created by burning peat while malting the barley. This was a practice common in Ireland before the...

Barrell Craft Spirits Introduces Newest BCS Bourbon

Barrell Craft Spirits has unveiled the most recent release from its Barrell Craft Spirits Line, a blend of straight bourbon whiskeys matured for 15 years. Distilled in Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee, this limited release...

Diageo Acquires Chase Distillery

Global drinks giant Diageo has reached agreement to acquire Chase Distillery, the owner of Chase GB Gin and Chase Original Potato Vodka. Founded in 2008 by entrepreneur William Chase, the Chase Distillery portfolio includes seven...

Podcast: What’s Next for Hard Seltzer?

In our latest podcast about the on- and off-premise alcohol industries, Editors Kyle Swartz and Melissa Dowling discuss the ongoing boom in hard seltzer, and what's next for this red-hot category. How much more...

Crown Royal Releases Whisky Tasting Calendar

Canadian whisky fans can count down to Christmas — or any holiday or celebration — with Crown Royal's new whisky tasting calendar. This seasonal offering includes 50-ml. sizes of Crown Royal Deluxe, Crown Royal Vanilla,...

Four Roses Expansion Continues at Cox’s Creek

There’s space for about 24,000 more barrels of bourbon in Kentucky as Four Roses opens its newest storage facility, Warehouse Y, in Cox’s Creek, KY. Warehouse Y is the second of several new warehouses to...

Excise Tax Reduction for Distillers Set for Permanent Extension

Editor's Note: With President Trump signing the year-end funding bill into law on Dec. 27, this tax relief for distillers has officially become permanent. As a difficult 2020 concludes, distilleries across America have reason...

Young’s Market Company to Begin Doing Business as RNDC

Republic National Distributing Company (RNDC), together with Young’s Market Company (Young’s), has announced that Young’s will begin doing business as RNDC, beginning Jan. 1, 2021. “We are excited about this next step in our joint...

Devils River Whiskey Partners with 375 Park Avenue Spirits

375 Park Avenue Spirits, a division of the Sazerac Company, will entered into a supply-and-distribution agreement with Devils River Whiskey. The move is effective April 1, 2021. Under this new partnership, 375 Park Avenue Spirits will assume responsibility...