5 Scotch Trends in 2020
Sales of single malt Scotch rose 9.6% in America in 2019, reaching $925 million total. That represents an $81-million increase over 2018. What’s driving this growth?
Scotch has evolved. For many years this category was...
Interview: Why Did Steve Beam Make a Gin?
Anyone who hears the name Beam will likely think whiskey. That’s precisely what Steve Beam — seventh-generation descendent from the family that created Jim Beam — has been up to. He’s co-founder and distiller...
Lux Row Re-launches Daviess County Line of Bourbons
Lux Row Distillers — the company behind Rebel Yell, Blood Oath, David Nicholson and other whiskey brands — has brought back the classic whiskey label Daviess County Kentucky Straight Bourbon.
Re-launched this week, the brand...
Mount Gay Resets Branding, Alters Blends
Barbados rum brand Mount Gay, which operates under Rémy Cointreau, has revealed a new branding reset, including two changed-up blends.
Master Blender Trudiann Branker has created a new recipe for Mount Gay Black Barrel, plus...
Blanton’s Gold Bourbon is Coming to America
Buffalo Trace has announced the first-ever launch of Blanton's Gold Edition in the U.S.
Normally only available overseas, this single-barrel bourbon, aged between six and eight years, will hit the American market this summer. Blanton’s...
Four Roses Small Batch Select Increases Distribution
The newest release from Four Roses Distillery will soon become available to more consumers.
Launched last year as the distillery’s first permanent product-line extension in more than a decade, Four Roses Small Batch Select was...
What’s New at Buffalo Trace, Bulleit, Barton 1792 and Michter’s
As part of the Bourbon Classic 2020 festival last week, media visited four of the leading distilleries in Kentucky: Buffalo Trace, Bulleit, Barton 1792 and Michter’s.
At each stop we caught up with the distillery...
Woodford Reserve Unveils 2020 Kentucky Derby Bottle
Woodford Reserve, the Presenting Sponsor of the Kentucky Derby, has unveiled its 2020 commemorative Derby bottle.
This year's release features the work of Louisville artist Richard Sullivan, a former Atlanta Braves baseball player. Sullivan’s watercolor...
MGP Acquires New Columbia Distillers
The Indiana-based distilling company MGP Ingredients, known for providing sourced spirits as well as a recent expansion into house brands, has acquired New Columbia Distillers.
Located in Washington, D.C, New Columbia Distillers makes and markets...
Barrell Craft Spirits Releases Two New Whiskey Blends
Independent blender Barrell Craft Spirits has unveiled its latest two whiskey expressions.
Barrell Bourbon Batch 023 is a combination of 10-, 12- and 15-year-old straight bourbon whiskies that were distilled and aged in Tennessee, Kentucky...