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Let’s begin with a thought experiment. Imagine standing on a slate bluff at the edge of the known world—or at least the furthest northmost coastal crag of the Scottish mainland—wind blowing sideways, your sense of…
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There’s a particular sort of magic when wood meets spirit—when time carves character into something born clear and fiery. It’s the dance of tannin and temperature, tradition and experimentation. That magic is precisely what Douglas…
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The distillery’s National Parks: Acadia Edition marks its first whiskey release outside Wyoming—and a tribute to one of Maine’s most iconic landscapes. There’s a moment—on the winding park loop road in Acadia, just past Sand…
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The ninth release in the high-strength series blends sherry-seasoned oak and ex-Bourbon casks for a whisky that challenges its own name. Each year, when The Macallan drops its Classic Cut release, something subtle but seismic…
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There are bottles that speak in gentle whispers, and then there are those that shout across the wild sea air of Islay. The new 2025 Càirdeas release from Laphroaig, Lore Cask Strength, belongs firmly in…
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There’s a certain poetry in fire and oak, in the sweet sting of smoke and the gentle warmth of old wood. Today, Old Forester conjures that magic once again with the highly anticipated return of…
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There’s a certain beauty in standing at the edge of a field of blue weber agave at sunrise, the low morning mist rising like a ghostly tide among the spiked plants. In Guanajuato, at Hacienda…
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At the heart of America’s spirit tradition lies a tension between ritual and reinvention. With its new Gold Roast Bourbon, Bib & Tucker Small Batch Bourbon walks that line beautifully—honoring Tennessee whiskey’s deep roots while…
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There are stories you can sip, stories that move like honey across your tongue, and then there’s The Source—a 51-year-old Jamaican rum from Appleton Estate that tastes like a love letter to time itself. Announced…
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The James B. Beam Distilling Co. has pulled a well-worn, beloved page from the American whiskey playbook with the launch of its annual Old Grand-Dad 7-Year-Old Bonded Bourbon release — a spirited nod to the…