The Kentucky Distillers’ Association today announced that Augusta Distillery in Bracken County is the newest and 48th member of the nonprofit trade group that unites and leads Kentucky’s signature Bourbon and distilled spirits industry. The Augusta Distillery sits on the limestone banks of the small Kentucky river town for which it is named. The city is widely known as the ...

Fetching a price of $15,000, a rare, numbered bottle of Van Winkle Family Reserve 15-year from the 1990s – with its distinctive dripping red wax – broke a record for that particular bottle at the Sept. 23 Art of Bourbon auction. “The red wax collection of Van Winkles is highly collectable and they don’t come up often,” said renowned bourbon ...

The latest batch of Jim Beam’s seminal uncut, unfiltered expression, Booker’s, is on it’s way to store shelves now, and it has been dubbed “Booker’s Bardstown.” The basics of the connection between the legendary Booker Noe and Bardstown, the industrial center of bourbon, should be obvious, but there is more to it than the basics. According to the press release: ...

Good Deeds Spirits is proud to announce its first-ever release, Good Deeds Malt Whiskey, a malt whiskey blend from 9 leading craft whiskey producers. This 1,000 bottle release will be sold via Seelbachs on October 15, 100% of proceeds to benefit STEPUP Foundation, the diversity and inclusion initiative founded by the American Craft Spirits Association (ACSA). Established as an unofficial ...

Lost Lantern, the new independent bottler of American whiskey that launched in late 2020, is pleased to announce their Fall 2021 collection featuring five limited edition single casks. Single casks are an essential piece of the Lost Lantern model, inspired by the long tradition of independent bottlers in Scotland. These highly limited, one-of-a-kind single casks consist of unique and deeply ...