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The Cut — May 29, 2026 — The Cheaper, Older Bottle Is Still Available
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…
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The Cut — May 28, 2026 — Ohio’s BTAC Lottery Closes Tonight — Free Entry
Thursday's biggest bourbon deadline lands tonight. Two access windows close at midnight — one requires luck, one requires a phone call. Ohio's OHLQ BTAC 2026 lottery…
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The Cut — May 27, 2026 — Wild Turkey’s 17-Year Just Confirmed 11,400 Bottles
Wednesday's biggest bourbon story didn't arrive with a press release. It arrived in a federal label approval filed May 25 and a distributor trade deck circulated…
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The Cut — May 26, 2026 — The Proof Just Confirmed Your Next Woodford Buy
Tuesday's biggest story didn't come from a distillery marketing team. It came from a federal database most bourbon buyers don't know to check. A TTB Certificates…
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The Cut — May 25, 2026 — A Tax Law Just Expanded Your Bourbon Shelf — Heaven Hill 2033
Monday's biggest story isn't a new product launch or an auction result — it's a master distiller willing to connect a state tax law to a…
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The Cut — May 24, 2026 — Eddie Russell’s Last Rickhouse K Sessions — Same Bourbon, Three Floors
Sunday's biggest story isn't on a spreadsheet or in a filing — it's running live on a working distillery floor in Lawrenceburg, Kentucky right now. Wild…
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The Cut — May 23, 2026 — 400 Tickets Left: Kentucky Bourbon Festival VIP Closes Tonight
Saturday's biggest story doesn't require a credit check or a wait list — it requires a decision by midnight tonight. The Kentucky Bourbon Festival 2026 VIP…
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The Cut — May 22, 2026 — No Lottery Required: Old Fitz BiB 15-Year Is at Walk-Up in Louisville Now
Friday's biggest story doesn't require a lottery ticket. It requires a drive. Heaven Hill opened the Old Fitzgerald Bottled-in-Bond 15-Year Decanter Spring 2026 walk-up window at…
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The Cut — May 21, 2026 — Free Stagg Lottery Entry Is Live in Two States | The Cut
Thursday's biggest access event opened a portal, not a ship window. Ohio and Pennsylvania launched their 2026 Buffalo Trace Antique Collection lottery portals this morning. For…
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The Cut — May 20, 2026 — A $70 Bottle Beat the $200 Shelf | Larceny C926 Closes Tomorrow | The Cut
Wednesday's biggest shelf-level move is a deadline — and the value math on the other side of it is as clean as anything on the current…
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The Cut — May 19, 2026 — TTB Locked September’s Best Bottle | Birthday Bourbon 2026 Confirmed | The Cut
Tuesday's biggest shelf-level move is a government approval that most bourbon buyers don't know to watch for. The TTB recorded label approval for Old Forester Birthday…
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The Cut — May 18, 2026 — Eddie Russell Opens the Rickhouse | $125 Flavor Map | The Cut
Monday's biggest industry move is a $125 rickhouse science curriculum — and it may be the most honest consumer-education product a Big 4 distillery has ever…
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The Cut — May 17, 2026 — Pre-Order Closes Tonight | Larceny C926 | The Cut
Sunday's biggest shelf-level action has a deadline: tonight. Larceny Barrel Proof C926 — Heaven Hill's spring 2026 wheated barrel-proof release — closes its pre-order window at…
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The Cut — May 16, 2026 — Brent Elliott Broke the Recipe’s Rules | Four Roses “Reunion” | The Cut
Saturday's biggest shelf-level move is a pre-order call you need to make this week. Four Roses master distiller Brent Elliott selected OBSV recipe barrels at 11…
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The Cut — May 15, 2026 — Hard Truth French Oak Closes Tonight | $65 vs $109 | The Cut
Friday's allocation window has a hard close — and tonight it's gone. Hard Truth Distilling's Barrel Finish Reserve French Oak 2026 shuts its allocation at end…
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The Cut — May 14, 2026 — Michter’s Fort Nelson Open Now | $119.99 vs $235 Secondary | The Cut
Thursday's Hunt window has a clear lead — and a clock running out. Michter's US★1 Barrel Strength Sour Mash Batch 25S1 is open for walk-up purchase…
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The Cut — May 13, 2026 — Elijah Craig Barrel Proof C926 Confirmed | $79.99, 14 Years, No Lottery | The Cut
Wednesday morning, Heaven Hill put every number on paper. Elijah Craig Barrel Proof C926 — the third batch of the 2026 EC Barrel Proof calendar —…
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The Cut — May 12, 2026 — Booker’s Charlie’s Batch 2026 Official Specs | $100 Cask-Strength Tonight | The Cut
Tuesday morning, Beam Suntory put the specs on paper. Booker's "Charlie's Batch" 2026-01 — the Booker's program's first quarterly release of 2026 — locks in at…
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The Cut — May 11, 2026 — Wild Turkey Documents 3-Generation Succession | Michter’s 25S1 Opens Today | The Cut
Monday morning, the bourbon shelf got a little more stable. Wild Turkey's parent company, Campari Group, announced before market open that Bruce Russell — Eddie Russell's…
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The Cut — May 10, 2026 — Michter’s Best Batch Ever Opens Monday | Mother’s Day Old Fitz Closes Today | The Cut
Sunday morning, two bourbon clocks. The Old Fitzgerald Bottled-in-Bond Spring 2026 allocation closes today at end of business — Heaven Hill's wheated bonded program at $44.99…
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The Cut — May 9, 2026 — The Bourbon Affair Opened Today — Here’s Where the Bourbon Dollar Actually Went | The Cut
The Kentucky Bourbon Affair opened its pre-event weekend this morning in Louisville and Bardstown — and the ticket resale market delivered the clearest signal of the…
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The Cut — May 8, 2026 — Wheated vs. High-Rye: The $90 Bourbon Experiment That Settles It | The Cut
Friday's Cut answers the question every bourbon buyer eventually hits: wheated, high-rye, or traditional — which mash bill family is yours? The r/bourbon community debated it…
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The Cut — May 7, 2026 — Pappy 2026 Cohort Confirmed — Plus Michter’s Walk-Up Today | The Cut
Two stories collided Thursday in American whiskey, and one of them requires action today. Old Rip Van Winkle confirmed the 2026 Pappy Van Winkle barrel cohort…
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The Cut — May 6, 2026 — Heaven Hill Cuts Evan Williams BiB — First Price Drop Since 2018 | The Cut
The most time-sensitive story Wednesday is a Louisville distillery opening its doors for one day. Michter's Fort Nelson Distillery opens for walk-up access Thursday, May 7…
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