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By Richard Thomas In the midst of the Bourbon Boom and with autumn, the season when the most anticipated American Whiskey releases come out, it would be easy to overlook that Summer 2018 has not been an easy period for the Kentucky Bourbon industry. Washington politics, bad weather and a major accident have come together to make it an unlucky ...

Michter’s Distillery, based in Louisville, Kentucky, is releasing the 2018 bottling of its innovative US*1 Toasted Barrel Finish Bourbon on a limited basis. The September timing of this unique offering coincides with Bourbon Heritage Month. Michter’s US*1 Toasted Barrel Finish Bourbon was last released in 2015. The three-year hiatus has been due to the whiskey shortages that Michter’s has been ...

Westland Distillery’s ambitious Garryana series relies on the limited supply of the very rare Quercus garryana, a species of white oak particular to the Pacific Northwest that imparts a distinctive flavor profile to single malt whiskey. With the September 8 release of Garryana 2018, Edition 3|1, Westland reveals how supply fluctuations can challenge the distilling team to evolve the series ...

William Grant & Sons, the independent Scottish family company behind Glenfiddich, The Balvenie and Grant’s, is launching its first from-the-ground-up American whiskey. Fistful of Bourbon is a blend of five straight American bourbons done by Master Blender Brian Kinsman. As a straight bourbon, the minimum age is two years. It’s bottled at 45% ABV and priced at $24.99 for a ...

Festival goers to the 2018 Bourbon and Beyond Festival can up their bourbon game with on-site bourbon education courses offered by Moonshine University’s Stave and Thief Society. Educators will host free, 45-minute workshops during the festival between performances September 22nd and 23rd. Each 45-minute session explores what defines “Bourbon” and how it differs from other whiskies. Participants will also examine ...