Chasing the Unicorn: Bourbon & American Whiskey
By John Schuster II
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Chasing The Unicorn Podcast explores bourbon through conversation, craft, and curiosity. Hosted by John Schuster II, the show focuses on education, storytelling, and the sensory experience behind America's native spirit. From the publisher of the American Whiskey Industry Brief.
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Bourbon Is Still Losing Air — The Cut — S02E180
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Nov 03, 2026 |
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A Pope-Signed Willett Bottle Outsells Its Estimate — The Cut Weekend — S02E179
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Oct 31, 2026 |
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Jack Daniel's Chooses Specs Over Story — The Cut — S02E178
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Oct 27, 2026 |
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MB Roland Distillery Goes Up For Auction — The Cut Weekend — S02E177
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Oct 24, 2026 |
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Maker's Mark Still Won't Say The Number — The Cut — S02E176
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Oct 20, 2026 |
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Penelope's Rye Meets Old Forester's New Twelve-Year Bourbon — The Cut Weekend — S02E175
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Oct 18, 2026 |
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Queen of the Tetons Bottles Grizzly 399 — The Cut Weekend — S02E174
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Oct 17, 2026 |
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MGP Ingredients Becomes Sempreon: Does the Name Change the Whiskey? — The Cut — S02E173
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Oct 16, 2026 |
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Why Was Pursuit's New Rye 92% Gone Before It Opened? — The Cut — S02E172
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Oct 15, 2026 |
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Barrell's French Toast(ed) Bourbon: What Does Toasted Barrel Do? — The Cut — S02E171
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Oct 14, 2026 |
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New Riff Wheated Bourbon: Does Rye Experience Carry Over to Wheat? — The Cut — S02E170
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Oct 13, 2026 |
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Four Roses Limited Edition Small Batch: How Old Is Too Old for Bourbon? — The Cut — S02E169
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Oct 12, 2026 |
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Russell's Reserve 13 Headlines Idaho's Five-Whiskey Lottery — The Cut Weekend — S02E168
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Oct 11, 2026 |
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Jacob Call Skips His Own Name For Samuel Call — The Cut Weekend — S02E167
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Oct 10, 2026 |
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High West A Midwinter Night's Dram: More Casks, Same Blend? — The Cut — S02E166
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Oct 09, 2026 |
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Woodford Reserve Triple Pot Still: Does Three Stills Beat One? — The Cut — S02E165
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Oct 08, 2026 |
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Copper & Cask X Bourbon: Why Blend Two Mash Bills Into One Bottle? — The Cut — S02E164
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Oct 07, 2026 |
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Why Doesn't Brother's Bond Bourbon List an Age on the Label? — The Cut — S02E163
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Oct 06, 2026 |
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Why Old Crow's Brick Rickhouses Can't Just Be Rebuilt — The Cut — S02E162
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Oct 05, 2026 |
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Starlight's 110.8-Proof Estate Bourbon: What Low Barrel-Entry Proof Does — The Cut Weekend — S02E161
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Oct 04, 2026 |
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Wirtz Family's Private 1969 Fitzgerald Sells For £65,100 — The Cut Weekend — S02E160
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Oct 03, 2026 |
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E.H. Taylor Tornado Surviving — Does a Signature Add Value? — The Cut — S02E159
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Oct 02, 2026 |
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Garrison Brothers Duck Camp Single Barrel Skips the Lottery Entirely — The Cut — S02E158
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Oct 01, 2026 |
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Blanton's Letter Set: Can a State Auction Skip the Waitlist? — The Cut — S02E157
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Sep 30, 2026 |
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Wanderfolk Tallbird: Why a Blended Bourbon Must Name Every State — The Cut — S02E156
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Sep 29, 2026 |
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Silver Brothers 3 Year Rye: Does Estate Grain Matter? — The Cut — S02E155
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Sep 28, 2026 |
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Hooten Young Numbers First-Fire At 1,776 Bottles — The Cut Weekend — S02E154
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Sep 27, 2026 |
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WhistlePig Boss Hog Golden Pharaoh Bottles A Tomb Recipe — The Cut Weekend — S02E153
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Sep 26, 2026 |
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E.H. Taylor Tornado Surviving: Can a Raffle Beat the Allocation List? — The Cut — S02E152
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Sep 25, 2026 |
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Why Does Buying Pappy Van Winkle Require a Raffle? — The Cut — S02E151
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Sep 24, 2026 |
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Root Shoot Single Malt: What Does 'Bottled-in-Bond' Actually Require? — The Cut — S02E150
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Sep 23, 2026 |
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Knob Creek 12 Year Cask Strength: One Barrel or Ten Blended? — The Cut — S02E149
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Sep 22, 2026 |
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MGP Chapter One: Why the "Distilled in Indiana" Label Rule Exists — The Cut — S02E148
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Sep 21, 2026 |
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Kentucky Auctions Seventy Confiscated Bottles By Sept 30 — The Cut Weekend — S02E147
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Sep 20, 2026 |
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Sotheby's Auctions 328 Bottles Of Willett Whiskey — The Cut Weekend — S02E146
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Sep 19, 2026 |
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Remus Repeal Reserve Rye Is 95% Rye — Here's Why That Matters — The Cut — S02E145
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Sep 18, 2026 |
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Garrison Brothers Ranch Reserve: Bourbon First, Sherry Cask Second — The Cut — S02E144
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Sep 17, 2026 |
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Elmer T. Lee 40th Anniversary: No Water Added, No 90 Proof — The Cut — S02E143
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Sep 16, 2026 |
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Does Whiskey Change Before It Even Touches the Barrel? — The Cut — S02E142
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Sep 15, 2026 |
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Does No Age Statement Mean a Whiskey Is Young? — The Cut — S02E141
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Sep 14, 2026 |
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Hundred-Bottle Raffle Vs. State Lottery Odds — The Cut Weekend — S02E140
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Sep 13, 2026 |
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MGP Puts Its Own Name on a Bottle — The Cut Weekend — S02E139
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Sep 12, 2026 |
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Bourbon or Rye: Which One Actually Tells You Your Own Taste? — The Cut — S02E138
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Sep 11, 2026 |
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Should the Best Bourbon Only Go to People Who Show Up? — The Cut — S02E137
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Sep 10, 2026 |
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Is a Held-Back Single Barrel Worth Four Times the Blend? — The Cut — S02E136
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Sep 09, 2026 |
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Does the Label Tell You Who Actually Distilled Your Bourbon? — The Cut — S02E135
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Sep 08, 2026 |
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Can You Trust a Receiver's Timeline in a Bankruptcy Sale? — The Cut — S02E134
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Sep 07, 2026 |
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Birthday Bourbon Trades Louisville Line for Airport Pickup — The Cut Weekend — S02E133
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Sep 06, 2026 |
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Sourced Whiskey Trust Test Fails By Friday — The Cut Weekend — S02E132
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Sep 05, 2026 |
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Cognac-Finished Bourbon or a Distillery's Own Blend — Which Wins? — The Cut — S02E131
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Sep 04, 2026 |
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If Two Bottles Cost the Same, Why Do They Taste Nothing Alike? — The Cut — S02E130
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Sep 03, 2026 |
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Did You Really Win the Bottle, or Just the Right to Prove You're You? — The Cut — S02E129
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Sep 02, 2026 |
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Is a Bourbon Lottery Fairer Than an Overnight Line? — The Cut — S02E128
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Sep 01, 2026 |
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Does It Matter Who Distributes Your Bourbon? — The Cut — S02E127
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Aug 31, 2026 |
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Family Letter Calls Leadership's Direction Stark and Undeniable — The Cut Weekend — S02E126
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Aug 30, 2026 |
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Sazerac's $20M Bankruptcy Buy Reshapes Kentucky — The Cut Weekend — S02E125
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Aug 29, 2026 |
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Is a Bottled Manhattan Beneath a Serious Rye Distillery? — The Cut — S02E124
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Aug 28, 2026 |
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Has the Chase for Bourbon Turned Into a Subscription? — The Cut — S02E123
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Aug 27, 2026 |
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Does What a Bottle Costs Tell You Anything About What's Inside? — The Cut — S02E122
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Aug 26, 2026 |
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Who Actually Pays When a Tariff Hits a Liquor Shelf? — The Cut — S02E121
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Aug 25, 2026 |
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Is Sazerac Buying Up Kentucky Distilleries Good or Bad for Bourbon? — The Cut — S02E120
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Aug 24, 2026 |
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Malted Mummy Debuts at BrewzleFest August 29th — The Cut Weekend — S02E119
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Aug 23, 2026 |
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Weller Weekend Slide Nears Forty Percent Off Peak — The Cut Weekend — S02E118
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Aug 22, 2026 |
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Is Koopers Texas Oak Bourbon Worth the Weekend Presale? — The Cut — S02E117
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Aug 21, 2026 |
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Is This $100 Pappy Van Winkle Raffle Actually Legit? — The Cut — S02E116
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Aug 20, 2026 |
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Is a Longer Bourbon Finish Actually Better? — The Cut — S02E115
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Aug 19, 2026 |
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Is Maker's Mark 46 Worth the Hype After Its 99-Point Score? — The Cut — S02E114
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Aug 18, 2026 |
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Is Redemption's New Bonded Bourbon Actually a Deal? — The Cut — S02E113
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Aug 17, 2026 |
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Hanger Foundation Raffle: $100 Tickets, No Cap — The Cut Weekend — S02E112
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Aug 16, 2026 |
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Chattanooga's Moldovan Ice Wine Barrel Finish — The Cut Weekend — S02E111
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Aug 15, 2026 |
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Is Terry Bradshaw's Bourbon Cocktail Menu Worth Ordering? — The Cut — S02E110
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Aug 14, 2026 |
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Why Did Old Elk Release Three Bourbons at Once? — The Cut — S02E109
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Aug 13, 2026 |
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Is Garrison Brothers Cowboy Bourbon Worth $249.99? — The Cut — S02E108
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Aug 12, 2026 |
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Can You Blend Two Rye Mash Bills in One Bottled-in-Bond Whiskey? — The Cut — S02E107
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Aug 11, 2026 |
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A Bourbon Brand Ships Whiskey to England — Now It's Opening Its Own Distillery — The Cut — S02E106
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Aug 10, 2026 |
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Frey Ranch Caps Its Farm Club At 500 — The Cut Weekend — S02E105
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Aug 09, 2026 |
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RNDC Bankruptcy and MGP's 59-Percent Slide — The Cut Weekend — S02E104
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Aug 08, 2026 |
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A Hat Company's Bourbon vs. the Distillery That Made It — The Cut — S02E103
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Aug 07, 2026 |
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Garrison Brothers Wants You to Wait Two Years — The Cut — S02E102
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Aug 06, 2026 |
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A $39.99 Bourbon Just Held Its Price Two Years Running — The Cut — S02E101
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Aug 05, 2026 |
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Bottled-in-Bond Just Left Bourbon Behind — The Cut — S02E100
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Aug 04, 2026 |
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Old Elk Released Three Bourbons in One Day to Prove a Point — The Cut — S02E99
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Aug 03, 2026 |
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Garrison Brothers Hye Rye Pre-Sale Closes August 10th — The Cut Weekend — S02E98
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Aug 02, 2026 |
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Garrison Brothers Pre-Sells a 2028 Hye Rye — The Cut Weekend — S02E97
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Aug 01, 2026 |
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Old Elk's Three-Bottle Bourbon Experiment — The Cut — S02E96
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Jul 31, 2026 |
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Six Bottles of Pappy, One $100 Ticket, Tonight — The Cut — S02E95
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Jul 30, 2026 |
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Three Bourbons, One Decade, One $70 Price — The Cut — S02E94
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Jul 29, 2026 |
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A Bourbon Just Spent 27 Months in a Pineapple Cask — The Cut — S02E93
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Jul 28, 2026 |
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A Kentucky Distillery Just Turned the Lights Back On — The Cut — S02E92
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Jul 27, 2026 |
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Birthday Bourbon Lands Early, Before September 2 Release — The Cut Weekend — S02E91
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Jul 26, 2026 |
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Old Fitzgerald Beats Weller in Blind Tasting — The Cut Weekend — S02E90
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Jul 25, 2026 |
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A $27 Bottle Just Beat Weller Blind — The Cut — S02E89
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Jul 24, 2026 |
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This Free Bourbon Lottery Closes at Midnight — The Cut — S02E88
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Jul 23, 2026 |
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Your Cheap Bourbon Just Got a Price Hike — The Cut — S02E87
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Jul 22, 2026 |
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New Riff Just Turned Eight Years Old — The Cut — S02E86
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Jul 21, 2026 |
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Your $23 Bourbon Just Got Scarcer — The Cut — S02E85
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Jul 20, 2026 |
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Michter’s and Stagg Lotteries Close Monday July 20th — The Cut Weekend — S02E84
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Jul 19, 2026 |
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AWIB July 18, 2026: Live gatherings and resale drama across four distinct reader angles
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Jul 18, 2026 |
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A $15 Gap Her Staff Couldn’t Guess
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Jul 17, 2026 |
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One Founder, Thirty Barrels, One Winner
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Jul 16, 2026 |
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One Price Held, One Didn’t
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Jul 15, 2026 |
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Peerless Opens a Second Door
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Jul 14, 2026 |
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Heaven Hill Bet Against Itself
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Jul 13, 2026 |
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Four Roses 2026 Pre-Allocation Closes July 18
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Jul 12, 2026 |
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Wild Turkey 101 Beats Pricier Bottles, 3 of 4
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Jul 11, 2026 |
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A $28 Bourbon Keeps Beating $80 Ones
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Jul 10, 2026 |
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Ohio’s Free Stagg Lottery Closes Sunday
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Jul 09, 2026 |
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Four Roses 2026 Pre-Allocation: Buy It Before It Exists
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Jul 08, 2026 |
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E.H. Taylor Jr. BiB 2026: The Man Who Passed the Law, $69.99
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Jul 07, 2026 |
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Elijah Craig Barrel Proof E926: $74.99 Before the Floor Closes
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Jul 06, 2026 |
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Four Roses 2026 Pre-Allocation Closes Today
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Jul 05, 2026 |
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Mount Vernon's $1,000 Spirit of '76, 350 Bottles
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Jul 04, 2026 |
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Same Mash Bill, 2.4 Proof Points, and a Verdict Worth Knowing
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Jul 03, 2026 |
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Two Bottles Per Person: Michter's 10-Year Walk-Up at $159.99
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Jul 02, 2026 |
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No Lottery: Wild Turkey Barrel Proof Confirmed at $59.99
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Jul 01, 2026 |
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Birthday Bourbon Shrank a Year: What the Age Drop Means
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Jun 30, 2026 |
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$99 for 18 Years: Knob Creek Pre-Allocation Closes Tonight
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Jun 29, 2026 |
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Michter's Toasted Barrel Walk-Up Opens July 11
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Jun 28, 2026 |
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Wild Turkey Drops Two Master's Keep Bottles Simultaneously
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Jun 27, 2026 |
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Wild Turkey Just Solved Comparison Shopping
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Jun 26, 2026 |
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Eighteen Years. Eighty-Nine Dollars. Tonight Only.
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Jun 25, 2026 |
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Everyone Else Dropped. This Bottle Didn't.
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Jun 24, 2026 |
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Seventy-Two Hours. Then It's Gone.
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Jun 23, 2026 |
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Your Retailer Got the Letter. You Didn't.
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Jun 22, 2026 |
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Elijah Craig 18 Pre-Allocation Closes Thursday
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Jun 21, 2026 |
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Elijah Craig 18 Undercuts Eagle Rare 17 by Ten Dollars
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Jun 20, 2026 |
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280 Upvotes Settled the Father's Day Bourbon Debate
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Jun 19, 2026 |
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A $70 Bottle Ships Today. Pappy Doesn't.
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Jun 18, 2026 |
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Tomorrow Is Your Last Father's Day Call
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Jun 17, 2026 |
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One Bottle Per Day. No Application.
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Jun 17, 2026 |
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Heaven Hill Just Undercut Eagle Rare 17
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Jun 16, 2026 |
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Heaven Hill Just Undercut Eagle Rare 17 — The Cut — S02E50
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Jun 15, 2026 |
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Four Roses LESB 2026 Blind Commitment at 108.2 Proof
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Jun 14, 2026 |
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Garrison Brothers Earns Texas's First Bottled-in-Bond
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Jun 13, 2026 |
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National Bourbon Day Debate Has Real Numbers and a Deadline on One Side
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Jun 12, 2026 |
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Wild Turkey Triumph's $199.99 Window Closes in Four Days While Secondary Quotes $320
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Jun 11, 2026 |
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Three Bourbons, Three Prices, One Father's Day Deadline: The Gift Map Is Unusually Clean
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Jun 10, 2026 |
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E.H. Taylor Jr. BiB Approved: Get on the List Before the Press Release Drops
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Jun 09, 2026 |
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BTAC Lottery Is Open — $129 Gets You George T. Stagg
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Jun 08, 2026 |
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Pappy Van Winkle Lotteries Open Starting July 22
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Jun 07, 2026 |
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Elijah Craig 130.4 and Four Roses 108.2 Converge
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Jun 06, 2026 |
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The $70 Bottle Just Won Father's Day — Larceny Barrel Proof A926 vs. Wild Turkey Triumph
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Jun 05, 2026 |
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Two $79.99 Windows Close Tonight — Old Fitz BiB vs. ECBP C926
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Jun 04, 2026 |
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108.2 Proof: Four Roses 2026 LESB Pre-Allocation Opens Before the Recipe Drops
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Jun 03, 2026 |
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130.4 Proof: Elijah Craig Barrel Proof C926 Pre-Allocation Closes Thursday at $79.99
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Jun 02, 2026 |
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Beam's Clermont Distillery Restarts: 14 Weeks Dark and What It Means for Bourbon Through 2035
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Jun 01, 2026 |
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The Cheaper, Older Bottle Is Still Available
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May 29, 2026 |
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Ohio's BTAC Lottery Closes Tonight — Free Entry
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May 28, 2026 |
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Wild Turkey's 17-Year Just Confirmed 11,400 Bottles
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May 27, 2026 |
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The Proof Just Confirmed Your Next Woodford Buy
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May 26, 2026 |
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A Tax Law Just Expanded Your Bourbon Shelf — Heaven Hill 2033
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May 25, 2026 |
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No Lottery Required: Old Fitz BiB 15-Year Is at Walk-Up in Louisville Now
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May 22, 2026 |
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Free Stagg Lottery Entry Is Live in Two States
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May 21, 2026 |
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A $70 Bottle Beat the $200 Shelf | Larceny C926 Closes Tomorrow
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May 20, 2026 |
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TTB Locked September's Best Bottle | Birthday Bourbon 2026 Confirmed
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May 19, 2026 |
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Eddie Russell Opens the Rickhouse | $125 Flavor Map | The Cut
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May 18, 2026 |
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The Cut — May 15, 2026 — Hard Truth French Oak Closes Tonight | $65 vs $109 | The Cut
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May 15, 2026 |
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The Cut — May 14, 2026 — Michter's Fort Nelson Open Now | $119.99 vs $235 Secondary | The Cut
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May 14, 2026 |
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The Cut — May 13, 2026 — Elijah Craig Barrel Proof C926 Confirmed | $79.99, 14 Years, No Lottery | The Cut
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May 13, 2026 |
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The Cut — May 12, 2026 — Booker's Charlie's Batch 2026 Official Specs | $100 Cask-Strength Tonight | The Cut
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May 12, 2026 |
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The Cut — May 11, 2026 — Wild Turkey Documents 3-Generation Succession | Michter's 25S1 Opens Today | The Cut
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May 11, 2026 |
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Brown-Forman Stock Pops 14.2% On Sazerac Bid — The Cut
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Apr 20, 2026 |
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Sazerac Bids $15 Billion for Brown-Forman
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Apr 19, 2026 |
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Whiskey Riot Boston Opens Tonight — 240 Pours
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Apr 18, 2026 |
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Brown-Forman Cuts Louisville While Expanding Lynchburg
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Apr 17, 2026 |
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Bardstown Lottery Opens — More Bottles Than Entrants
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Apr 16, 2026 |
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Master's Keep 2026 — Smallest Run Since 2018 Revival
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Apr 15, 2026 |
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Three Regional Ryes Just Landed — Pennsylvania, New York, Maryland
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Apr 14, 2026 |
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Pappy 23 Hammers at $2,750 — 47% Off Peak
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Apr 13, 2026 |
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Bourbon Blind Tastings—Putting Your Palate to the Test
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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Bourbon Myths and Misconceptions Debunking Common Beliefs about the Spirit
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Jan 15, 2025 |
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Water Works The Impact of Water Sources on Bourbon
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Jan 08, 2025 |
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Whiskey Wanderlust Planning Your Bourbon Adventures
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Jan 01, 2025 |