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Maker's Mark's limited-edition stave experiments — distillery-designed wood finishes at cask strength, exploring the fro...
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Sienna Blackwell
April 10, 2026
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Missouri's sleeper hit — six-year-old wheated bourbon at rickhouse proof with banana nut bread, cherries and serious int...
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April 10, 2026
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Kentucky craft bourbon with toasted oak finishing — 75% corn, 21% rye, 4% malt at 100 proof.
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April 10, 2026
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Chris Stapleton and Buffalo Trace's Blend No. 40 — over 50 blends tested to find this smooth, accessible American whiske...
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April 10, 2026
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Lincoln Henderson's port-finished bourbon — sweet, syrupy and the bottle that launched a thousand imitators.
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April 10, 2026
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Maker's Mark's hand-barrel-rotation experiment — American oak staves from the hottest rickhouse positions at cask streng...
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April 10, 2026
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The world's first single barrel bourbon — Buffalo Trace's iconic horse-topped bottle at 93 proof.
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April 10, 2026
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Maker's Mark at 101 proof — the wheated bourbon's familiar sweetness with more intensity and a richer, creamier mouthfee...
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April 10, 2026
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Maker's annual limited release — custom stave innovations at cask strength, each year unique.
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Joe Whitfield
April 10, 2026
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The Beam Small Batch workhorse — nine years at 100 proof, reliable and widely available.
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April 10, 2026
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Heaven Hill's bonded workhorse — 100 proof of genuine Kentucky bourbon at eighteen dollars.
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April 10, 2026
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Bulleit at full barrel proof — the high-rye frontier bourbon unleashed without dilution.
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April 10, 2026
