Bourbon News and Newsletters

This week, Canada’s alcohol ban may have a big bulk-shipment loophole, while England’s new whisky rules ignite a single-malt debate. Plus, we’ve got news about Evan Williams, the Kentucky Bourbon Festival, Eastern Light Distilling, Jefferson’s, Willett, Diageo’s Crown Royal, Sazerac’s Canadian Mist, Toasts Not Tariffs, Jameson Irish whiskey, NAFDAC and Southern Glazer’s. Read all about these news stories in this week’s Bourbon and Distillery News!

Pursuit Spirits and Shortbarrel blend maple-finished bourbon with double oak rye, Beam releases only the second Booker’s rye ever, and Heaven Hill unveils the 20th edition of the Parker’s Heritage Collection. And that’s just the beginning! Read this week’s New Bourbon Releases News to learn about those and 24 other new whiskeys from Samuel Call, Chicken Cock, Van Winkle, Buffalo Trace, Ingram, Glenmore, Garrison Brothers, Little Book, Sagamore, Milam & Greene, Knob Creek, The Maven, 2XO and Woodinville, plus a chance to win 34 rare bottles!

This week, Woodford Reserve pushes barrel seasoning to as long as seven years, Four Roses reaches back for a 23-year-old component, and Old Forester celebrates Birthday Bourbon with a new distiller’s jacket. We also cover new releases from Sagamore, Basil Hayden, Baker’s, Town Branch, Chattanooga Whiskey, Shortbarrel, Tumblin’ Dice, Jeptha Creed, Remus, Penelope, Yellowstone, Ezra B., MGP, Larrikin, Neeley Family Distillery, Dark Arts and Brown-Forman in this Kentucky Bourbon Festival Week special edition featuring 34 new bourbons and other American whiskeys! Read on for all the details!

Brown-Forman, Pernod Ricard and RNDC lead this week’s 15 bourbon industry news items. In addition, Elijah Craig and Evan Williams partner with UK Athletics; Old Louisville and New Era open new facilities; Buffalo Trace goes on tour; contests from NH Liquor and Garrison Brothers; and Kentucky Bourbon Festival news from Luxco, Whiskey House and Phifer Pavitt. Read on for all the details!

A 19-year bourbon finished for seven years in Mizunara oak, two new Bardstown Bourbon Company whiskeys and Maker’s Mark Cellar Aged 2026 headline this week’s releases. The packed lineup also includes new bottles from Branch & Barrel, Little & Foster, Redwood Empire, Angel’s Envy, Blue Note, Four Roses, Jack Daniel’s, Michter’s, New Riff, Cedar Ridge, Filmland Spirits, Starlight and Dark Arts Whiskey House. Read on to learn all about them in this week’s New Bourbon Releases News!

This week’s Bourbon and Distillery News leads with the expiration of President Trump’s temporary pause of tariffs tied to Canada’s restrictions on American alcohol, Sazerac Company’s acquisition of Garrard County Distilling, and Diageo’s $1 billion cost-savings plan and workforce reduction. Additional news comes from Suntory Holdings, Circle City Whiskey Co., Whiskey House of Kentucky, KEG 1 River City, Republic National Distributing Company, New Era Distillery & Social Club, Copper & Kings, Heaven Hill Brands, and Humble Baron at Uncle Nearest. Read on for all the details!

This week, Jack Daniel’s climbs to the top floor and 138.4 proof, Garrison Brothers’ Cowboy Bourbon rides again at 141 proof, and Hard Truth, Chattanooga Whiskey, Redemption, Southern Grace, Ashland, Stetson and Ass Pocket Whiskey make this week’s lineup anything but ordinary. Read on for all the details!

From Sazerac’s renewed pursuit of Brown-Forman and RNDC’s bankruptcy to financial results from MGP, Diageo and Campari, this week’s bourbon industry news is packed. We also cover Jameson & the NFL, Jim Beam, SirDavis, Wheatley Vodka & NASCAR, Chicken Cock, Oaklore, Unreined and H. Obernauer & Co. Read on for all the details!

We have twenty new bourbons and American whiskeys to discuss this week, including Woodinville’s 7-Year cask strength single barrel bourbon and rye, Garrison Brothers Hye Rye, Bardstown Bourbon Company Victoria Pineapple Barrel, Old Forester Triple Char, Bulleit ’87 and Old Elk’s 10-Year Collection. We also cover Stillman’s Sonder, Stranahan’s Bottled-in-Bond, New Riff Headliner and Root Shoot’s peach-brandy-cask-finished single malt and more. Read on to learn about them!