Two stateline products recognized in Makers Madness contest
Two stateline products have made the top 16 in the Illinois Manufacturers' Association’s Makers Madness contest.
Kentucky-based flavored bourbon brand acquired
A flavored bourbon with an interesting name has been acquired by a San Diego-based company. Stephen P. Schmidt has the ...
‘Go back to Kentucky’
If someone had always been destined to work in the bourbon industry, you’d be hard pressed to find someone higher on the list ...
Make America Sober Again
America's whiskey industry is going through a correction after a 2000s boom. Thanks to Trump's trade war, tariffs are making ...
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Trump’s tariff wars forge rare bipartisan alliance in Kentucky as bourbon makers fear escalation
President Donald Trump’s use of tariffs has forged a rare bipartisan alliance among Kentucky’s top leaders — Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear and Republican Sens. Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul. They're ...
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Two northern Illinois-made products advance in 2025 Maker’s Madness contest
Whiskey Acres Distilling Company in DeKalb and Berner Food and Bevereage LLC in Dakota have advanced to the Top 16 in the ...
Bourbon makers say they’ve caught up with demand, need to ‘get rid of these tariffs’
The heads of Jack Daniel’s, Jim Beam and Evan Williams downplay tariff threats at an industry conference in Lexington.