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Bottles of rare whiskies that have an annual release

Find Out When You Can Buy This Year's Pappy Van Winkle

Behold, the release dates for all your favorite rare and limited-edition whiskeys, including Buffalo Trace, Booker's and Pappy

Drinking man

What Are the Nation's Hardest-Drinking Counties?

A study of CDC data has some surprising results

Red wine being poured

Wine Production and Consumption Both Reached Big Lows in 2023
A selection of non-alcoholic drinks from Boisson, an NA retailer that is rumored to be shuttering its physical stores

Is the Non-Alcoholic Marketplace Drying Up?
Modelo cans

8 Men Face Charges in Years-Long Beer Heist
A sampling of Cameron Hughes Wine bottles on an orange background.

This Cameron Hughes Sale Is the Perfect Opportunity to Stock Up on Exceptional Wine

Time to build up that cellar

"Jeppson’s Malört: The Book" is a new coffee table book about Chicago's famous bottle of booze

Kevin Ryan Wrote the Book on Malört, the Liquor for Two-Fisted Drinkers

He claims to enjoy it. Really.

Chartreuse bottle

Chartreuse's Recent Scarcity Highlights Its Inner Contradiction

The monks who make it have bigger concerns

Charlie Davis and Katie Morgan of Right Bee Cider

This West Side Chicago Cidery Started in the Friend Zone

Right Bee Cider is only one of two cideries in the Windy City

Five bottles from The Rare American Whiskey Selection, up for bids at Sotheby's

Is This the Rarest American Whiskey Ever Put Up for Auction?

Sotheby's has a new sale highlighting bottles you've definitely never tried

Tres Tribus Mezcal Wants You to Experience Agave Like Never Before

Tres Tribus Mezcal Wants You to Experience Agave Like Never Before

The founder of Mijenta is back with a mezcal so beautiful and complex you have to “taste it with your heart”

Sullivan Rutherford Estate 2019 J.O. Sullivan Founder's Reserve Merlot

This Napa Winery Is Betting Everything on Merlot

"Sideways" be damned!

A bottle of Jack Daniel's whiskey. The Supreme Court took on a case the whiskey brand made against a dog toy.

A Silly Jack Daniel's Dog Toy Spurs Debate at the Supreme Court

No one is complaining about plush playthings like "White Paw" and "Woof Clicquot," so why is the whiskey brand making a fuss?

Corona seltzer

Legal Case Brings Us Closer to Answering an Existential Hard Seltzer Question

The road to quantifying beer

Close-up of a African American bartender woman pouring a glass of tap beer in a bar.

The Best Breweries in and Around Miami

With a mini-crawl already planned for you

A THC seltzer being poured into a glass

How Cannabis Saved Minnesota Craft Beer

But now that the law is being revised, that boom could go bust

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Balcones Distilling Barrels

Everything You Need to Know About Certified Texas Whiskey

Distillers want to promote truly local spirits while weeding out imposters

Whiskey fungus grows on a road sign in Kentucky near a distillery.

Jack Daniel’s Hit With Lawsuit Over Whiskey Fungus From “Angel’s Share”

The spread of the fungus has become a big problem in Tennessee's Lincoln County

Young group of people having fun cheering with beer outdoor at bar restaurant - Soft focus on right hand holding glass

11 Chicagoland Breweries Worth the Drive

They're located outside city limits, but that doesn't mean they're difficult to get to

A customer in the BOTLD store in Philadelphia looking at a craft spirit. The store uses a loophole to get difficult-to-find spirits into the state.

Buying Craft Spirits in Some States Is Hard, So This Company Found a Loophole

How BOTLD is getting excellent out-of-state spirits into Pennsylvania legally

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Wine bottles

Global Wine Production Is Down This Year — But It's Up Domestically

The report reveals some interesting numbers

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2,000 Beers, 200 Days and Zero Hangovers? One Man Pulled It Off.

And the whole process was documented on TikTok

Macallan Adami 1926

An Ultra-Rare Bottle of Macallan 1926 Is Heading to Auction

Only 40 bottles of this whisky were ever produced

Cast of "The Fall of the House of Usher"

“The Fall of the House of Usher” Features a Lot of Very Expensive Alcohol

As you might expect from a miniseries about an absurdly wealthy family

Blair Castle

The World's Oldest Scotch Whisky Is Heading to Auction

The whisky was distilled nearly 200 years ago

Chris Stapleton

Chris Stapleton Is the Latest Celebrity to Enter the World of Whiskey

Jack Daniel's Bonded Rye, just released, with a whiskey cocktail on a table

Jack Daniel's Just Replaced Its Rye With Something Better

The Tennessee distillery's new Bonded Rye ups the proof and the flavor

Honey Deuce being made

US Open Attendees Are Embracing the Honey Deuce

Who doesn't love a good signature cocktail?

Allegiant Airlines

Would You Pay More for an In-Flight Drink Than Your Flight Itself?

Depending on the airline, this is not a rhetorical question

Wooden barrels in a warehouse of a whiskey distillery in Hokkaido, Japan. Barrels of whisky are being used as collateral for loans in Japan.

Whisky Distilleries Are Using Casks as Collateral for Loans

While a new trend in Japan, the idea actually dates back to pre-Prohibition America

Clase Azul aficionados rejoice

The Clase Azul Tasting Room Is a Candy Store for Tequila Lovers

Inside the very first Clase Azul restaurant and boutique

Wine grapes in France

French Government Commits $216M to Wine Destruction

It's a challenging time to be in the wine business

135th Anniversary Limited Edition Small Batch of Four Roses, available now

The 2023 Four Roses Limited Edition Small Batch Breaks a Record

Celebrating the distillery’s 135th year with the oldest recipe they've ever used

Black-owned spirits and wines you should be drinking, including Greenwood Whiskey and Sorel Liqueur

8 Black-Owned Spirits and Wines You Should Be Drinking

Plus, some cocktail inspiration for mixing a few of the bottles

Professor David Nutt holding a beaker in a science lab. Nutt says he's created a non-alc drink that replicates the buzz of booze

Is This the Future of Non-Alcoholic Drinking?

The U.K.’s former drug czar is pushing Alcarelle, which he hopes will provide a non-boozy buzz

Dunkin' Donuts location

Dunkin' Donuts Is Expanding Its Foray Into Booze

The Harpoon beers were just the beginning