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The Cut — May 5, 2026 — Parker’s Heritage 2026: A $99.99 Blended Whiskey With a Ten-Year Age Statement | The Cut
The biggest whiskey news Tuesday isn't about a scarce allocated bottle with a three-digit secondary floor. It's about a category most shoppers skip entirely. Heaven Hill…
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The Cut — May 4, 2026 — Four Roses Sets a Lottery Demand Record — Act Before Tuesday | The Cut
The most time-sensitive news in American whiskey today is a 72-hour clock. Four Roses Single Barrel Collection Second Rotation lottery winner notifications landed in Ohio OHLQ,…
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The Cut — May 3, 2026 — Michter’s Drops Three Expressions Monday — Pre-Alloc Closes Tonight | The Cut
The biggest consumer deadline in American whiskey today isn't a lottery — it's a clock. Michter's pre-allocation window for Barrel Strength Batch 25S1 closes tonight, ahead…
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The Cut — May 2, 2026 — Four Roses Drops 9,800 Bottles Monday — And Tells You Where the Barrel Sat | The Cut
Four Roses just told you something distilleries almost never tell you — and they chose to do it on launch week. The Single Barrel Collection Second…
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The Cut — May 1, 2026 — Buffalo Trace’s 14-Year Science Project Is Now a Bourbon | The Cut
A 14-year science experiment became a permanent bourbon today. Buffalo Trace launched the Single Oak Project in 2011 — 192 individual barrels, 12 tracked production variables,…
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The Cut — April 30, 2026 — Congress Might Declare Rye America’s Spirit | The Cut
The biggest story in American whiskey this week started with a petition and ended with Congress drafting resolution language. WhistlePig launched "Rye, White and Blue" on…
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The Cut — April 29, 2026 — Bourbon Has a New Shape — Balcones Pot Still Bourbon
Bourbon has a new shape. Balcones Distilling in Waco, Texas announced Wednesday their Texas Pot Still Bourbon — straight bourbon distilled entirely on copper pot stills…
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The Cut — April 28, 2026 — Tennessee Just Out-Picked Kentucky — Nelson’s Green Brier
Tennessee just out-picked Kentucky. Nelson's Green Brier Distillery opened its 2026 Spring barrel pick program Saturday with 14 own-distilled Tennessee bourbon barrels, bottled at barrel proof…
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The Cut — April 27, 2026 — Michter’s 2026: 4,200 Bottles, No Lottery
Michter's Distillery confirmed Monday that both 2026 Legacy Series expressions — Shenk's Homestead Sour Mash Whisky and Bomberger's Declaration — are locked in at 91.4 proof…
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The Cut — April 26, 2026 — Bourbon Backs Rye — 100,000 Signatures Hit Congress
WhistlePig's campaign for a federal rye whiskey designation hit 100,000 signatures Sunday afternoon — five days ahead of its own schedule — with bipartisan Congressional sponsorship…
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The Cut — April 25, 2026 — Blood Oath Pact 12 Is Live — Italian Wine Casks in Kentucky Bourbon
The most consumer-friendly bourbon launch of spring 2026 opened this morning at Lux Row Distillers in Bardstown. Blood Oath Pact 12 Italian Wine Cask Finish —…
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The Cut — April 24, 2026 — Jack Daniel’s Auction Is Now Official — Goldman Sachs Is Advising
Today's biggest move in American whiskey started at 6:02 AM when Brown-Forman filed a Form 8-K with the SEC formally acknowledging two competing acquisition bids —…
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The Cut — April 23, 2026 — Four Lobbyists Indicted Over an $8,500 Pappy Van Winkle
Today's biggest move in American whiskey landed in a North Carolina courtroom. A Wake County grand jury indicted four lobbyists over a 2024 Kentucky Bourbon Trail…
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The Cut — April 21, 2026 — Brown-Forman Hires Skadden And JPMorgan Day 3
Three banks just placed bets on Brown-Forman. Tuesday morning at 10:15, Garvin Brown IV — great-great-grandson of the founder — issued the first family statement on…
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The Cut — April 20, 2026 — Brown-Forman Stock Pops 14.2% On Sazerac Bid
Brown-Forman didn't crash. It opened up fourteen. The stock that makes Jack Daniel's, Woodford Reserve, and Old Forester closed Friday at $41.02 and opened Monday at…
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The Cut — April 19, 2026 — Sazerac Bids $15 Billion for Brown-Forman
Sazerac, the Louisiana-based owner of Buffalo Trace and Pappy Van Winkle, formally offered $15 billion in all-cash for Brown-Forman on April 15, 2026 — the largest…
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The Cut — April 18, 2026 — Whiskey Riot Boston Opens Tonight — 240 Pours
Tonight in Boston, two hundred pours. Whiskey Riot Boston 2026 Spring opens at six o'clock tonight at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center in South Boston,…
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The Cut — April 17, 2026 — Brown-Forman Cuts Louisville While Expanding Lynchburg
You've been told premiumization. They're cutting volume. Brown-Forman published full Q4 fiscal 2026 earnings Friday morning, and three numbers tell the whole story — $215 million…
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The Cut — April 16, 2026 — Bardstown Lottery Opens — More Bottles Than Entrants
More bottles than entrants. Bardstown Bourbon Company opened the Discovery Series 11 distillery lottery Thursday morning, and the math is the headline — 7,800 bottles available…
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The Cut — April 15, 2026 — Master’s Keep 2026 — Smallest Run Since 2018 Revival
Master's Keep just got smaller. Wild Turkey published the 2026 Master's Keep specs Tuesday morning, and the volume is the headline — 11,400 bottles, the smallest…
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The Cut — April 14, 2026 — Three Regional Ryes Just Landed — Pennsylvania, New York, Maryland
Three regional rye flagships landed at retail the same Tuesday — Dad's Hat Pennsylvania Rye Bottled-in-Bond at $59.99, Kings County Empire Rye 2026 at $79.99, and…
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The Cut — April 13, 2026 — Pappy 23 Hammers at $2,750 — 47% Off Peak
Pappy Van Winkle 23 Year hammered at $2,750 on Sunday's April 12 online auction cycle — the bottle's lowest multiple over MSRP at auction since 2019,…
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S01E05 The Science of Swirling Unlocking Bourbon’s Nosing Potential
https://youtu.be/hQC-O1-8M54 Listen on Spotify • Watch on YouTube : Is swirling your bourbon glass just a pretentious habit you see in movies... or is there actually…
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S01E04 Bourbon Blind Tastings—Putting Your Palate to the Test
https://youtu.be/ZuilTvjUHL4 Listen on Spotify • Watch on YouTube : In Episode 4 of Chasing the Unicorn: Your Quest for the Perfect Pour, we're asking the question…
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