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  We Asked 10 Chefs: What’s Your Favorite Unexpected Food and Bourbon Pairing?

  VinePair - Maddy Sweitzer-Lammé

  If you think of bourbon as a beverage for sipping neat or in a cocktail, over a snack or maybe after dinner, you’re not alone. As U.S. distributors …

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  This Bourbon Auction Is Raising Money for Flood Relief in Kentucky

  VinePair - Nicolette Baker

  Heavy, late-July rain storms across the midwest caused widespread flooding in Kentucky over the past week, resulting in fallen trees, destroyed …

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  Jim Beam Invests $400 Million to Expand Distillery, Creates 50 Jobs

  VinePair - Nicolette Baker

  Beam Suntory’s latest move to expand its production comes with a $400 million price tag and entails the creation of 50 full-time jobs in production …

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  The Most Famous (and Infamous) Moments in Modern Bourbon Collecting

  VinePair - Aaron Goldfarb

  Talk about the state of the bourbon industry today and you’ll quickly have to discuss the state of collecting bourbon today. If bourbon was mostly …

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  In American Whiskey, Is Heritage Everything?

  VinePair - Julia Bower

  Heritage storytelling in American whiskey marketing is about as old as, well, some brands claim to be. Whether they label themselves as the first …

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  Are Hops — Not Wheat — the Secret to Maker’s Mark’s Iconic Flavor Profile?

  VinePair - Aaron Goldfarb

  Trevor Bowles was walking the grounds of the Maker’s Mark Distillery one day in the spring of 2019. He had just been hired as what the brand calls a …