Tag Archives: Bourbon

EU Postpones Reimposing Whiskey Tariff

By Richard Thomas Distilleries great and small in America were granted more than a year of space to breath easy, as the European Union and the US agreed to postpone scheduled retaliatory tariffs on each others products for another 15 months. This smoldering trade dispute dates back to the Trump Administration, which slapped tariffs on European-made steel and aluminum in ...

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Q&A With Lost Lantern Whiskey

By Kurt Maitland American whiskey has changed. Bourbon and rye are still dominant, but craft is a vibrant thing, and it feels like American Single Malt has seen more and more attention on the domestic scene. But lots of distilleries fly under the radar and are only known to an observant few. Thankfully we have Lost Lantern doing their damnedest ...

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Old Forester 117 Turns To Old Scotch Barrels

Old Forester has announced the latest release in their 117 series: Scotch Cask Finish, a  93-proof liquid that honors George Garvin Brown’s Scottish heritage. This is an interesting twist in the usual order of things, because the vast majority of Scotch whiskies are aged in ex-bourbon barrels or casks built from ex-bourbon barrel staves. It would be interesting to know ...

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Buzzard’s Roost Joins KDA

The Kentucky Distillers’ Association (KDA) today announced Buzzard’s Roost Spirits as the newest member of the non-profit trade group that unites and leads Kentucky’s signature Bourbon and distilled spirits industry. Buzzard’s Roost Spirits, established by co-founders Judith Hollis Jones and Jason Brauner, as a contract distilled brand now is also a micro distillery nestled on Whisky Row in downtown Louisville. ...

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