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Sazerac Acquires 19 Brands from Star Industries

The Sazerac Company has completed the purchase of a 19 beverage alcohol brands from NY-based Star Industries and Black Prince Distillery. The brands bought by Sazerac include: Georgi, Majorska, Llord’s, Alexis, Alexi, Black Prince, Blansac,...

Sazerac Partners with Casa San Matias on New Mezcal Line

In partnership with Casa San Matias and a group of mezcaleros in Oaxaca, Sazerac is launching a new family of mezcals called Los Vecinos del Campo. These spirits are produced by 10 families in the Valles...

BenRiach Master Blender Rachel Barrie Inducted into Whisky HOF

Rachel Barrie, master blender for the Brown-Forman single malt Scotch brand BenRiach, has been inducted into Whisky Magazine’s Hall of Fame Barrie creates single malts for BenRiach, The GlenDronach and Glenglassaugh. She is one of only a handful...

Interview: Mixing Top-Shelf Whiskey With Brian Van Flandern

Mixing cocktails with high-end whiskey is no longer blasphemy. Thanks to the craft cocktail movement, bartenders now reach for the top-shelf bourbons, Scotches and other brown spirits. To educate newer bartenders and consumers about using...

Buffalo Trace Announces New Bourbon Line Aged in Exotic Oak

As the whiskey boom grows to include a variety of wood experiments, Buffalo Trace has announced Old Charter Oak, a new line of bourbons aged in exotic oak barrels. By Federal standards, bourbon is required...

Edrington Sells Cutty Sark to French Group

The global drinks company Edrington has sold its Cutty Sark Scotch Whisky brand to the French drinks group La Martiniquaise-Bardinet. Cutty Sark Scotch Whisky launched in 1923 and grew into a recognizable global brand. Edrington’s association...

Orphan Barrel Announces Final Release of Rhetoric Bourbon

Orphan Barrel Whiskey Distilling Company, a division of Diageo, has announced the final release of its progressively aged Rhetoric series: Rhetoric 25 Year Old Kentucky Straight Bourbon. This series has released annually, starting with Rhetoric 20...

Knob Creek Launches Twice Barreled Rye

Knob Creek has unveiled its newest release: Knob Creek Twice Barreled Rye. This expression is the brand's signature straight rye whiskey, secondarily finished in new, charred American oak barrels. Bottled at 100 proof, Knob Creek Twice Barreled...

Patrón Announces First Expression in Estate Release Series

Patrón Tequila has unveiled the first entry in its new Patrón Estate Release series. Estate Release is made using only 100% Weber Blue Agave, exclusively harvested and cultivated on the grounds of Hacienda Patrón. While the...

Red Spot Irish Whiskey to Return

Irish Distillers, producers of Jameson, have announced the return of Red Spot Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey. Red Spot was discontinued in the mid-1960s. The expression now rejoins a line of super-premium Irish whiskeys that includes...