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Wild Turkey revives the cult Cheesy Gold Foil at 16 years, Buffalo Trace brings back E.H. Taylor Four Grain and Cured Oak, and Heaven Hill commits to wheat.
Brown-Forman rejects Sazerac's $15B offer, Maker's Mark Cask Strength is named Straight Bourbon of the Year, and Angel's Envy doubles up at cask strength.
MGP shuts distilling at two Kentucky sites. Beam ships its most transparent blend ever. Buffalo Trace's John G. Carlisle Cafe opens a year after the flood. Jack Daniel's puts a $600 bottle in a McLaren helmet.
Brown-Forman and Pernod Ricard end merger talks. Stitzel-Weller drops a 163-proof 31-year-old. New Riff named World's Best Bourbon. Tariffs cut both ways.
Mecklenburg ABC's secondary-market sting nets 28 summonses. Lux Row drops Blood Oath 12 with Italian wine cask finish. Sazerac's $15B Brown-Forman bid heats up.
Angel's Envy debuts first age-stated rye at cask strength, Virginia ABC's Weller lottery crashes site, plus Ohio's 1792 single barrel drops and Buffalo Trace's 28th Experimental Collection release.
Sazerac approaches Brown-Forman, MGP idles Lux Row and Limestone Branch, Buffalo Trace revives Single Oak, and a $40 craft bourbon takes World's Best.
Jim Beam's Clermont shutdown drags on, US whiskey exports to the EU drop 35%, Knob Creek launches a new series, and a Costco hot dog bourbon hits four figures on the secondary market.
Four Roses returns to American ownership for $775M, Brown-Forman and Pernod Ricard explore a merger of equals, and Angel's Envy drops its first age-stated rye.
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