Bourbon in One Hand, Smoke in the Air

The whiskey distilleries worth planning a trip around across the Northeast, Kentucky excluded on purpose. Third installment of an annual series — with an honest count for the thinner states.

High Wire's Bottled-in-Bond built from an heirloom South Carolina corn that nearly went extinct, tasted side by side with its siblings and no verdict attached this time.

For most of the 20th century, you basically couldn't buy this bourbon in the country that makes it.

The newest American whiskey category — Scotch's grain, bourbon's oak, and, as of 2024, its own rules. Here's what to know.

The 2026 Van Winkle Whiskey Collection is here: six expressions aged 10 to 23 years, with prices, tasting notes, and the century-long family story behind bourbon's most chased release.

He's often called the man who invented bourbon. He probably didn't. Here's what's actually true, and what's in the bottle.