Here’s your chance to roll the dice, maybe win a lovely bottle of Van Winkle 12 Year, but guaranteed to help an amazing cause. The raffle is now live! The Charity: Ronald McDonald House of Charities (Lexington, KY) The Prize: Van Winkle 12 Year Ticket Link:  bit.ly/rmhcpappy12 Cost: $25 per ticket Total Tickets: 400 (max) Drawing Date (Live Now): Ends April 22, 10am…Winner will be drawn live on RMHC Lexington Facebook page (@RMHCLexington) at noon ET. If all tickets sell out, charity will be able to provide 80 nights of stay for families with sick or injured children receiving treatment ..read more

BOOKER’S PRESS RELEASE (Words of Fred Noe 7th Gen Master Distiller): The first release of the Booker’s Bourbon 2024 Collection is Booker’s Batch 2024-01 “Springfield Batch.” This batch is named after the small town in central Kentucky where my dad, Booker Noe, was born and raised. Booker Noe, Courtesy Many people think Dad was from Bardstown, the Bourbon Capital of the World, but it wasn’t until later in his adolescence that he moved into the Beam family home there. As a boy, he grew up in Springfield, Ky., a small rural town about 18 miles down the road. While the town has grown over the yea ..read more

PRESS RELEASE provided by Bulleit: This week it was announced that after five years, a 2019 San Francisco World Spirits Competition Gold Medal, Bulleit Frontier Whiskey is announcing the return of its 12-Year-Old American Straight Rye Whiskey. Bulleit Rye 12-Year-Old is a limited-availability extension of Bulleit Rye Whiskey, America’s #1 selling rye whiskey1. The 12-Year-Old uses the same mash bill as the flagship Rye: 95% rye and 5% malted barley. Aged and matured in new charred American white oak barrels for a minimum of 12 years, this 2024 release incorporates whiskey from barrels aged up ..read more

PRESS RELEASE provided by Heaven Hill Distillery: BARDSTOWN, Ky. (April 2, 2024) – Today Heaven Hill announced the release of the Old Fitzgerald Bottled-in-Bond 25th Anniversary Edition commemorating the anniversary of Heaven Hill acquiring the historic Bernheim Distillery (DSP-KY-1) in Louisville, Ky and along with it the Old Fitzgerald brand. Comprised of 13-year-old barrels, this edition ushers in the latest release to the decanter series and adds to Heaven Hill Distillery’s bottled-in-bond legacy. After the catastrophic fire at the Old Heaven Hill Springs Distillery in November ..read more

The fine folks at Casey Jones Distillery (Hopkinsville, KY) are putting out something special that debuts ONLINE TODAY, 50 BOTTLE RELEASE. Their “Single Barrel Eclipse Cask Bourbon” will go live online for preorder at 1pm CT today at THIS LINK. If you’re able to reserve yours, pickup must be done AT THE DISTILLERY within 2 weeks of the launch event April 6th. April 8th, Eclipse Relevance: Casey Jones Distillery is located in Western Kentucky’s Hopkinsville. This is near primetime Eclipse viewing territory. From Casey Jones Distillery FB Page: In just 3 days, get ready to elevate your spirits ..read more

Thank you for joining The Bourbon Review and Tito Belvedere for April Fools’ Day! We’ll see you next year—if not sooner.  Maker’s Mark distillery, famous for their red winter wheated whiskey, announced this morning that for the first time since their founding more than six decades ago, they’ll be releasing bourbon whiskey made with a second, rye mashbill. Maker’s Mark Rye Bourbon breaks a precedent of more than half a century, and the new bottling, aged the same way as the wheat recipe, will be distinguishable only by the green wax atop the bottle. “All these years we’ve been so focused ..read more

PRESS RELEASE provided by Michter’s: Announced today, this April, Louisville based Michter’s Distillery will begin releasing its 10 Year Kentucky Straight Bourbon. “Our team was humbled and deeply grateful when a few months ago Michter’s became the first American whiskey to be named the World’s Most Admired Whiskey,” stated Michter’s President Joseph J. Magliocco. “Our production team has always given tremendous consideration to what they feel is ready to release, but after this honor, the stakes seem even higher.” Michter’s Founder and President, Joe Magliocco. Courtesy The ultimate gatekeep ..read more

PRESS RELEASE provided by Woodford Reserve: Woodford Reserve, the Presenting Sponsor of the Kentucky Derby, commemorates the 150th running of the world’s most famous race with a unique and extraordinary expression of American Whiskey.  A tribute to 150 years of greatness, this is Woodford Reserve’s rarest whiskey in the brand’s 27-year history. This thrice-barreled American whiskey has rested in three unique casks – the original bourbon barrel, a cognac cask and a couture barrel whose staves were seasoned in the Kentucky Derby Winner’s Circle.  Presented in a crystal decanter c ..read more

From Heaven Hill Bourbon Experience FB Page: Join us in celebrating the 25th anniversary of Heaven Hill acquiring the historic Bernheim Distillery, and with it the Old Fitzgerald brand, with a series of exclusive tasting events honoring the legacy of John E. Fitzgerald. Tastings will be held throughout the first three weeks of April. Tickets are $299 per person (+ taxes & fees). For more information on these events and to request tickets, click the link below. EVENT LINK: https://oldfitzgeraldfellowship.rsvpify.com For the latest in Bourbon, visit www.thebourbonreview.com The post EVENT ..read more

PRESS RELEASE provide by Jack Daniel’s: The Jack Daniel Distillery (Lynchburg, TN) announced the release of Batch 2 of its 12-Year-Old Tennessee Whiskey and Batch 3 of its 10-Year-Old Tennessee Whiskey. The expressions are the latest in the Jack Daniel’s Aged Series, an annual release of age-stated expressions launched in 2021 to honor the brand’s whiskey-making traditions. Jack Daniel’s Master Distiller, Chris Fletcher. Courtesy “Our Jack Daniel’s Aged Series has given us the opportunity to produce modern whiskeys that simultaneously capture the essence of the liquid Mr. Jack created over 15 ..read more