The Cut Daily

Franklin sets the table for the week ahead on this Sunday look-ahead edition of The Cut Weekend. The Wild Turkey Master’s Keep Triumph window closes June 15 — seventeen years old, 116.4 proof, around eleven thousand bottles nationally at $199.99 — so a retailer call this week is worth making. The bigger story is the 2026 Pappy Van Winkle lottery calendar coming into view: Ohio’s OHLQ opens July 22, Virginia ABC on July 28, with Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and Mississippi following in the weeks after. Franklin explains how state lotteries work, why they’re worth entering, and which dates to put somewhere you’ll actually see them.

The week opened quietly — Beam Suntory’s Clermont campus restarted after fourteen weeks dark, a decision whose consequences won’t land on shelves until 2035. Then it accelerated: Elijah Craig Barrel Proof C926 at 130.4 proof and Old Fitzgerald Bottled-in-Bond Fall 2026 both closed pre-allocation lists Thursday at midnight, Four Roses 2026 Limited Edition Small Batch arrived at a series-high 108.2 proof, and Larceny Barrel Proof A926 set a series record at 126.8. Franklin closes with a deep look at the Four Roses recipe system — two mash bills, five yeast strains, ten distinct bourbons — and what the 108.2 proof tells you before July’s recipe reveal even arrives.

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 —

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

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

Tuesday’s Cut opens with a proof record and a three-day deadline. Heaven Hill’s Elijah Craig Barrel Proof C926 is TTB-confirmed at 130.4 proof and 14.2 years average age — the highest-proof C-designated batch in

Monday’s Cut opens with the most consequential production decision in American bourbon this year. Beam Suntory’s Clermont, Kentucky distillery — source of Knob Creek, Booker’s, Baker’s, and Jim Beam — resumed full distillation this

Today’s Sunday Cut opens with a four-day deadline most bourbon buyers will miss. Old Fitzgerald Bottled-in-Bond Fall 2026 is in pre-allocation at $79.99 through June 4 at participating Heaven Hill retail accounts. Eleven years,

This weekend Brent Elliott is at the Four Roses Lawrenceburg distillery walking through the decision that produced “Reunion” OBSV 2026. Four pours — OBSV at seven years, nine years, and eleven years plus —

This week, Heaven Hill’s production calendar created the most useful direct comparison in the current bourbon window. Two federally certified wheated bourbons from the same Bardstown distillery entered distribution within 72 hours of each