Limited-Edition Offerings Utilize the Company’s Blending and Finishing Expertise to Make Bespoke Blends of Straight Bourbon Whiskeys with Unique Finishes Barrell Craft Spirits, the ori… Read More

iStockphoto/UPROXX Fall is prime bourbon release season. There is so much bourbon dropping right now that I had to give our monthly whiskey release roundup this month a whole section dev… Read More

iStockphoto/UPROXX Barrel-strength bourbon is bold by design. Some would argue that it’s the opposite of “smooth” — refined, polished, and without rough edges &md… Read More

Barrell Craft Spirits® (BCS), the original independent blender of unique aged, cask strength whiskey since 2013, today launched the new Barrell Bourbon Cask Finish Series. The l… Read More

Kentucky Bourbon Festival/UPROXX 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 Bo… Read More

iStockphoto/UPROXX 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 s… Read More

iStockphoto/UPROXX Well, we’re here, folks. September. Fall is just around the bend. Then come the last months of 2023, which makes it prime whiskey season! September (and the mont… Read More

iStockphoto/UPROXX You’d be forgiven for balking at the idea of “smooth” rye whiskey. The grain-forward American version of the spirit is purposefully built to be sharp… Read More

iStockphoto/UPROXX Limited-edition bourbons are often considered the “good stuff” by whiskey fans. For one, they’re rare — it’s right there in the name. Tha… Read More

New Series of Releases Features a Blend of Rye Whiskey Designed for its Unique Finishing Cask BCS Private Release Rye Series Barrell Craft Spirits (BCS), the original independent blender of… Read More

iStockphoto/UPROXX While we’re still in the throws of the summer, the spirits industry is already in full fall release mode. Hell, fall is here as far as all commerce is concerned… Read More

iStockphoto/UPROXX Rum cask finishing is a beloved method of finishing bourbon, rye, Irish whiskeys, scotch, and… any whiskey style, really. The rummy oak adds a deep layer of fru… Read More

89,000 Square Foot Facility Will Help to Meet Increased Demand for the Blender’s Award-Winning Cask Strength Whiskey. Barrell Craft Spirits has announced the purchase of an historic r… Read More

iStockphoto/UPROXX There’s a bonanza of limited-edition bourbons available right now. Special barrel finishes, one-off single barrels, bottled in bond drops, small batch masterpiec… Read More

iStockphoto/UPROXX There’s no getting around the hiked-up prices of rare and delicious bourbon whiskeys these days. A lot of great but very limited releases (“allocated&rdquo… Read More

iStockphoto/UPROXX American whiskeys is a very general category. For one, when using that term, you could be talking about literally every whiskey made in the U.S.A (and some made in Can… Read More

iStockphoto/UPROXX I’ve spent the better part of 2023 listing off bourbons at every price point between $10 and $500. But bourbon whiskey doesn’t tap out at $499. There&rsquo… Read More

iStockphoto/UPROXX We’re fully into spring now and that means the whiskey releases are dropping hot and fast. That’s especially true when you take a step back from local whis… Read More

iStockphoto/UPROXX Coke versus Pepsi. Star Trek versus Star Wars. Crunchy tacos versus soft tacos. Each one is a classic battle with throngs of people willing to die on hills on either s… Read More

Uproxx/Universal/Paramout/A24/Warner Bros. The 2023 Academy Awards ceremony is finally upon us. Prestige films will be discussed, awards are going to be debated (where’s Ralph Fien… Read More

Bourbon Classic/UPROXX Last week, the Bourbon Classic celebrated its 10th year with a whiskey and food-fueled extravaganza across Louisville and Kentucky. The consumer-facing event gathe… Read More

iStockphoto/UPROXX Bourbon that sets you back around $85 per bottle is a big ask, sure. But the beauty of bourbon whiskey at this price point is that there tends to be very good stuff th… Read More

iStockphoto/UPROXX As a professional in the spirits industry, I can assure you that there are some expensive whiskeys out there that are worth dropping a little extra scratch on. Part of… Read More

iStockphoto/UPROXX When you hit the $60 range in bourbon, things start to get fun. The best bourbons at this price point tend to be a little more unique, a little more thought out, and j… Read More

As we wrap up our five-part Best In American Whiskey extravaganza, we arrive at the most important category in all American whiskey: bourbon. A drink so generous it inspired Southern genius… Read More

The second chapter in Maxim’s fourth annual Best In New American Whiskey (see a deep dive into favored American Ryes here) feature represents another of the more flourishing spaces in… Read More

iStockphoto/UPROXX Bourbon doesn’t have to be expensive to be good. But a whole hell of a lot of it is very expensive these days. Expensive bourbon whiskey is everywhere, from the… Read More

iStockphoto/UPROXX When it comes to bourbon whiskey, you have a lot of choices out there. There are the classic low-proof bottles, barrel-proof releases, single barrels, limited editions… Read More