Two American whiskeys shared top honors as the 2025 World’s Best Bourbon. Below is a brief background and tasting notes of ...

This high-proof, extra-aged Kentucky straight bourbon whiskey just took home a major prize. But it isn't even on shelves yet.

Here, the focus switches from bourbon to rye whiskey. Most bourbons use rye in the mash bill, but Old Rip Van Winkle uses wheat instead. That means this is not only the brand's lone rye whiskey ...

"[Bourbon has] grown tremendously since the old days,” says Bill Thomas, owner of Jack Rose Dining Saloon in Washington, D.C.—our favorite whiskey bar. “When I got into it, there were only ...

This is another bottled-in-bond release that is a blend of straight Kentucky whiskeys… so not a bourbon ... or wheat whiskey in the mix. The fourth whiskey is V.O.P., or Very Old Procurable ...