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Apr 2, 2025 The Bourbon Flight

FRANKFORT, Ky. – April 2, 2025- The world-famous Kentucky Bourbon…

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Kentucky Distillers’ Association releases statement on retaliatory tariffs

Mar 4, 2025 The Bourbon Flight

March 4th, 2025 - The president of Kentucky Distillers Association,…

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Kentucky Distillers’ Association Celebrates U.S.-India Tariff Reduction Agreement

Feb 14, 2025 The Bourbon Flight

FRANKFORT, KY.— The Kentucky Distillers’ Association today hailed the groundbreaking…

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Kentucky Distillers’ Association welcomes Elizabethtown’s Whiskey House of Kentucky (Whiskey House) as newest member

Feb 10, 2025 The Bourbon Flight

FRANKFORT, Ky. — The Kentucky Distillers’ Association today announced Elizabethtown’s…

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Distillers create precision conservation initiative for Ky corn farmers

Jan 14, 2025 The Bourbon Flight

FRANKFORT, Ky. — Four leading spirits companies and the Kentucky Distillers’…

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The Bourbon State: Challenges mount amid record production & landmark barrel inventories

Dec 12, 2024 The Bourbon Flight

FRANKFORT, Ky. – The looming return of retaliatory tariffs on…

thebourbonflight Aug 21

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thebourbonflight Aug 21

BRECKENRIDGE, Colo., Aug. 21, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Breckenridge Distillery, an award-winning craft distillery and spirits brand by Tilray Brands, Inc. (NASDAQ: TLRY and TSX: TLRY), is thrilled to announce its latest innovation, Mountain Shot, a crafted experience infused with the natural complexity of mushrooms and distilled into a moment of pure delight. Mountain Shot is a unique beverage, available in whiskey-based and malt-based varieties blended with maitake mushrooms from Japan....

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SHELBYVILLE, Ky., Aug. 20, 2025 /PRNewswire- The world is full of big talkers. But at Bulleit Frontier Whiskey, we know talk is cheap. We are a brand built on the notion of doing over dreaming and backing the ones who are turning their ideas into action. That`s what inspired Bulleit to launch its newest creative campaign, Doing Over Dreaming, a platform that salutes the moments when ideas get sparked over a drink, scribbled on a napkin, and turned into something real....

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LOUISVILLE, Ky., Aug. 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- This September, Michter`s will release its US*1 Toasted Barrel Finish Sour Mash Whiskey. This whiskey is part of Michter`s series of whiskeys finished in toasted uncharred barrels. "In 2014 our Michter`s team didn`t realize that we were putting the Toasted Uncharred Barrel Finish category on the map when we released our bourbon finished in a second barrel that was toasted but not charred and named it Toasted Barrel Finish Bourbon," stated Michter`s President Joseph J....

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LOUISVILLE, Ky., Aug. 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- This September, Michter's will release its US*1 Toasted Barrel Finish Sour Mash Whiskey. This whiskey is part of Michter's series of whiskeys finished in toasted uncharred barrels. "In 2014 our Michter's team didn't realize that we were putting the Toasted Uncharred Barrel Finish category on the map when we released our bourbon finished in a second barrel that was toasted but not charred and named it Toasted Barrel Finish Bourbon," stated Michter's President Joseph J....

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thebourbonflight Aug 20

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Middle West Spirits, one of North America`s largest independently owned distilleries, officially announces the appointment of Luis Gonzalez as Chief Commercial Officer (CCO). This follows Middle West Spirits` acquisition of Old Elk Distillery in May 2025, where Gonzalez served as CEO. The acquisition marked a major milestone for Middle West Spirits, enhancing its scale, capabilities, and portfolio....

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COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Middle West Spirits, one of North America's largest independently owned distilleries, officially announces the appointment of Luis Gonzalez as Chief Commercial Officer (CCO). This follows Middle West Spirits' acquisition of Old Elk Distillery in May 2025, where Gonzalez served as CEO. The acquisition marked a major milestone for Middle West Spirits, enhancing its scale, capabilities, and portfolio....

https://www.thebourbonflight.com/middle-west-spirits-names-new-chief-commercial-officer-cco/

thebourbonflight Aug 20

MIDWAY, KY (08/20/2025) Midway University is proud to announce that incoming freshman Anna Simpson, a graduate of Nelson County High School, has been named the 2025 recipient of the Bardstown Collection Bourbon Scholarship. The Bardstown Collection Bourbon Scholarship, established by several Bardstown distilleries, provides financial assistance to a Nelson County student pursuing higher education with a bourbon studies focus at Midway University....

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MIDWAY, KY (08/20/2025) Midway University is proud to announce that incoming freshman Anna Simpson, a graduate of Nelson County High School, has been named the 2025 recipient of the Bardstown Collection Bourbon Scholarship. The Bardstown Collection Bourbon Scholarship, established by several Bardstown distilleries, provides financial assistance to a Nelson County student pursuing higher education with a bourbon studies focus at Midway University....

https://www.thebourbonflight.com/midway-university-names-2025-recipient-of-the-bardstown-collection-bourbon-scholarship/

thebourbonflight Aug 20

FRANKFORT, Ky. — On Sunday, September 14, the Kentucky Distillers’ Association (KDA) is raising a glass once again with its signature World Bourbon Toast. Hosted by KDA’s iconic Kentucky Bourbon Trail, the second annual event is bigger, bolder, and poised to break records. Following a history-making global debut in 2024, with toasts in every time zone, the KDA is amplifying the experience in 2025, thanks to a new partnership with Danny Wimmer Presents....

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FRANKFORT, Ky. — On Sunday, September 14, the Kentucky Distillers’ Association (KDA) is raising a glass once again with its signature World Bourbon Toast. Hosted by KDA’s iconic Kentucky Bourbon Trail, the second annual event is bigger, bolder, and poised to break records. Following a history-making global debut in 2024, with toasts in every time zone, the KDA is amplifying the experience in 2025, thanks to a new partnership with Danny Wimmer Presents....

https://www.thebourbonflight.com/kentucky-bourbon-trail-and-bourbon-beyond-unite-for-largest-bourbon-toast/

thebourbonflight Aug 19

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thebourbonflight Aug 19

BARDSTOWN, Ky. (August 19, 2025) – Evan Williams Bourbon today announced a major expansion of its multi-year partnership with Learfield, the leading media and technology company in college athletics, as it welcomes three new schools—the University of Oregon, University of South Carolina, and the University of Oklahoma—to its growing collegiate lineup. The brand also proudly introduces Molly McGrath, nationally recognized ESPN sideline reporter, as the new Brand Ambassador for the Evan Williams Bourbon Nation platform....

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