Friday’s Cut arrives with National Bourbon Day two days out and the annual community one-bottle debate anchored to two specific available-today releases for the first time in recent memory. Larceny Barrel Proof A926 confirmed at 126.8 proof — a series record — at $69.99, nationally distributed with no allocation deadline. Wild Turkey Master’s Keep Triumph…
▶ Listen to this episode on Spotify Thursday’s Cut opens with the most urgent active spread in the bourbon market: Wild Turkey Master’s Keep Triumph 2026 sits at $199.99 through June 15 while secondary pre-sale is already quoting $280 to $320. Seventeen years, 116.4 proof, 11,400 bottles nationally — four days left on the only…
▶ Listen to this episode on Spotify Wednesday’s Cut opens with the cleanest Father’s Day bourbon gift map in recent memory — three confirmed MSRPs at three price points, each backed by real production specs and a hard shipping deadline before June 21. At $54.99, E.H. Taylor Jr. Old Warehouse “C” Bottled-in-Bond 2026 has pre-allocation…
▶ Listen to this episode on Spotify Tuesday’s Cut opens with federal label news most buyers won’t see for two to four weeks — and that gap is exactly when the notification list is at its shortest. The TTB confirmed E.H. Taylor Jr. Old Warehouse “C” Bottled-in-Bond 2026 on June 6. The distillery press release…
▶ Listen to this episode on Spotify Monday’s Cut opens with the only bourbon window where the entry is free and the upside is George T. Stagg at $129. The Buffalo Trace Antique Collection 2026 lottery portals activated over the weekend after the final two COLA confirmations cleared. Virginia ABC is accepting free entries right…
Sunday’s Cut opens with a bourbon label doing more work than most buyers realize. Four Roses is the only major Kentucky distillery that prints the complete production recipe on every single-barrel store pick — a four-character code identifying the exact mash bill and yeast strain before the cork comes out. This week, independent retailers in…
Saturday’s Cut opens with a door closing tonight on the Kentucky Bourbon Trail. Wild Turkey is running the last two scheduled June sessions of Rickhouse K today at $125 per seat — three pours from documented upper, middle, and ground-floor barrel positions inside Rickhouse K in Lawrenceburg. Same warehouse, same mash bill going in. Top-floor…
▶ Listen to this episode on Spotify Friday’s Cut opens with the Father’s Day debate that just got real numbers. Larceny Barrel Proof A926 cleared TTB label approval at 126.8 proof — the highest A-batch proof in the line’s history — at $69.99 MSRP with a June 7–10 ship window inside the Father’s Day delivery…
▶ Listen to this episode on Spotify Thursday’s Cut opens with a clock. Old Fitzgerald Bottled-in-Bond Fall 2026 and Elijah Craig Barrel Proof C926 close simultaneous pre-allocation windows tonight at midnight, both at $79.99 MSRP. Old Fitzgerald BiB is Heaven Hill’s wheated Bottled-in-Bond from Bernheim Distillery — 100 proof, eight-year minimum age, federally documented under…
▶ Listen to this episode on Spotify Wednesday’s Cut opens with a proof confirmation and a timing problem. The federal government confirmed Four Roses’ 2026 Limited Edition Small Batch at 108.2 proof this week — the highest annual LESB bottling since 2021 — before Master Distiller Brent Elliott has said a word about which of…