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Thursday, June 5, 2025

The Rise of Craft Distilling and “Craft-Washing"

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  The former Seagram's Distillery in Lawrenceburg, Indiana was the source of many "craft" whiskeys. Craft distilling grew thro...
Saturday, May 24, 2025

The Obscure Origin of the Craft Distilling Movement

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This booklet was published by the U.S. Departments of Agriculture and Energy in 1982. According to the American Craft Spirits Association, t...
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Friday, May 2, 2025

The New Unicorns: a $20 Handle

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  Screenshot from the Binny's website, 5/2/2025. Traditionally in the whiskey world, a "unicorn" is a whiskey that is highly s...
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Wednesday, April 23, 2025

My Popes

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  The seven popes so far in my lifetime. My first pope was Pius XII. He died a few months after I took my First Communion. Our catechisms we...
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Monday, April 21, 2025

What Happens When America's Major Distillers Jump on a Trend?

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  American malts from the biggest producers. America has always been able to make malt whiskey, we just didn't. But with the bourbon boo...
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Monday, April 7, 2025

Most of You Reading this Should Be Reading Something Else

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  The New Reader is on its way to the Post Office. The Bourbon Country Reader  is a one-of-a-kind newsletter from the same source as this bl...
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Friday, April 4, 2025

Why Do Whiskey Makers Have Only Two Seasons?

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  Spring is one of whiskey's two seasons, fall is the other one. One little-known aspect of the bottled-in-bond rules is that the whiske...
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