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  Jack Daniel’s Just Released A New Bonded Rye Whiskey — Here’s Our Full Review

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  Jack Daniel’s has had a phenomenal run over the past few years. The team down in Lynchburg, Tennessee, continues to drop new and innovative releases one after another. Part of that innovation came last year with the new “Bonded” line starring a Triple Mash and Tennessee Whiskey drop that shook up …

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  The Best Whiskeys We Tasted At The 2023 Kentucky Bourbon Festival

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  We’re deep in Bourbon Heritage Month, which is full of bourbon releases, parties, and festivals. Case in point, the 2023 edition of the Kentucky Bourbon Festival just wrapped up in Bardstown, Kentucky, and it was a doozy. This year’s three-day fest was a bespoke county fair devoted to dozens of …

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  The Best Whiskey In The World, According To The New York World Spirits Competition

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  As a whiskey critic, spirits judge, and industry insider, I’m always asked what my favorite whisk(e)y is. It’s a tough question because it often depends on what season it is, where I am in the world, and my mood that particular day. I’m traveling through this world and tasting new whiskeys like …

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  New Rye Whiskeys, Blind Tasted And Ranked For Bourbon Heritage Month

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  American rye whiskey is the close sibling of bourbon whiskey. Both whiskeys have pretty much identical requirements legally, with one requiring at least 51% rye as the base grain and the other requiring at least 51% corn (bourbon, naturally). Beyond the variance in the base grain, proof points, new …

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  Delicious New Bourbons For Bourbon Heritage Month, Blind Tasted And Ranked

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  We’re already halfway through Bourbon Heritage Month. That means it’s high time to do a massive blind taste test of some new bourbons. There’s just so much out there, friends. And there’s really no better way to filter through the static than taking away labels and preconceptions to find the gems …

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  An Exclusive Look At The Best Scotch Whiskies From This Year’s New York World Spirits Competition

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  Scotch whisky is the biggest style of whiskey in the world. It’s not even close. That means that there’s a lot of it on shelves (even in the U.S. where it’s solely an import). When there’s an overabundance of anything, finding the best is a crapshoot without some guidance. Scotch is no different …