Back issues

Brimming with content, you’ll find a wealth of information, trends and lovely whiskeys featured in our back issues. Complete your collection now.



Issue 24

  • Ken Lewis announces his retirement
  • The Bourbon Archaeologist
  • Lance Winters interview
  • Your go-to DTC guide
  • Cocktail Recipes
  • Whiskey and food

PLUS
25 whiskeys blind tasted


Issue 23

  • Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone join Mel Heim to share Big Nose Kate’s story
  • The festival of the arts
  • The Dead Rabbit bar
  • An interview with Caleb Kilburn
  • Cocktail Recipes
  • Whiskey and food

PLUS
25 whiskeys blind tasted


Issue 22

  • World Whiskies Awards America 2023
  • Stranahan’s Snowflakes
  • The wisdom of Kentucky Owl
  • Barrel entry proof
  • The Whiskey Acres family
  • Cocktails
  • Whiskey and food

PLUS
25 whiskeys blind tasted


Issue 21

  • Greg Metze’s whiskey climate experience
  • Are blenders the new Rock Stars?
  • Barrell Craft Spirits flavor focus
  • A tour of Prohibition Pig
  • Texas whiskey’s update
  • Cocktail Recipes
  • Whiskey and food

PLUS
25 whiskeys blind tasted


Issue 20

  • Steve Nally’s 50 years of whiskey
  • A look at sustainability
  • The story of Rosen Rye
  • An interview with Rob Dietrich
  • Texas whiskey’s sustainable leaders
  • Cocktail Recipes
  • Whiskey and cheese pairing

PLUS
25 whiskeys blind tasted

Issue 19

  • Rabbit Hole Distillery Focus
  • 2022 Kentucky Bourbon Festival
  • Meet The Hood Sommelier
  • Distillery Dogs are back
  • The Whiskey Tribe’s whiskey
  • Cocktail Recipes
  • Whiskey and cheese pairing

PLUS
25 whiskeys blind tasted


Issue 18

  • Distilleries of the Southwest
  • Balcones barrel basics
  • Lost Lantern’s independent spirit
  • Premixed cocktails at home
  • Manhattan cocktail special
  • Secondary Barrels
  • Whiskey and cheese pairing

PLUS
25 whiskeys blind tasted


Issue 17

  • Brother’s Bond Bourbon
  • Castle & Key unveils its new Bourbon
  • A sensory masterclass with Eaves Blind
  • Premixed cocktails at home
  • Far North Spirits distillery focus
  • The Judgement of Westland
  • An interview with Rob Arnold

PLUS
25 whiskeys blind tasted

Issue 16

  • World Whiskies Awards America 2022 Winners
  • Icons of Whisky America 2022 Winners
  • Kings County Distillery Focus
  • Mississippi Distillery Road Trip
  • Jim Rutledge Interview
  • The Morning Dram
  • Dinner at The Grid

PLUS
25 whiskeys blind tasted


Issue 15

  • John Little’s smooth amble into rye production
  • Siponey’s canned cocktails for the planet
  • Laws Whiskey House: Distilling at altitude
  • Ale-8 One Soda cocktails
  • 24 hours in Denver
  • Whiskey book club
  • Honor and innovation at Fred B. Noe Distillery

PLUS
25 whiskeys blind tasted


Issue 14

  • Wild Turkey and McConaughey’s true partnership
  • From fashion photography to Colorado whiskey
  • Life after Jack Daniel’s for Jeff Arnett
  • Celebrating 30 years of the KBF
  • Good Deeds Spirits
  • A distillery’s best friend
  • Curating your whiskey reading shelf

PLUS
25 whiskeys blind tasted


Issue 13

  • Lessons in Leadership
  • New state parameters in Texan distilling
  • Resurrecting rye whiskey’s heyday
  • Wine Country Women: From wine to whiskey
  • Redefining ‘normal’ with Three Floyds
  • The Cocktail Contessa
  • Craft Beverage Expo

PLUS
25 whiskeys blind tasted


Issue 12

  • Westland’s Outpost Range 
  • Returning to distillery tours in Kentucky 
  • The life of virtual whiskey ambassadors 
  • California distillers fight against the odds 
  • Virginia Distillery’s courage and conviction
  • The ultimate flavor glossary 
  • What is the future for cigar lounges?

PLUS
25 whiskeys blind tasted


Issue 11

  • Heaven Hill Distillery celebrates 85 years 
  • Getting to know Jane Bowie at Maker’s Mark 
  • Understanding direct to consumer shipping 
  • Bulleit goes above and beyond with sustainability 
  • An exploration of barrel finishes 
  • The gift of giving cigars 
  • Building your Kosher cocktails 

PLUS
25 whiskeys blind tasted


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Issue 10

  • A look at Kentucky distilleries
  • Marianne Eaves interview 
  • Fawn Weaver with Nearest & Jack
  • Bourbon books
  • Podcast Mania
  • LA bars guide
  • Kentucky Bourbon Festival 2020

PLUS
25 whiskeys blind tasted


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Issue 9

  • New York Distilling Company
  • Westward Whiskey 
  • Still Austin Whiskey Co.
  • Heather Greene interview
  • Jackie Zykan interview
  • The secret code of mixologists
  • The bar at Willett

PLUS
25 whiskeys blind tasted


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Issue 8 – Awards Special

  • World Whiskies Awards 2020 – USA
  • Icons of Whisky 2020 – America
  • Whisky Magazine Hall of Fame – US Winners
  • Koval and FEW – Two of Chicago’s finest 
  • Hillrock Estate
  • Leiper’s Fork
  • Bryan Nolt interview
  • Ingrid Rodriguez interview
  • Louisville’s finest Bourbon-themed hotels
  • Weird whiskeys

PLUS
20 whiskeys blind tasted


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Issue 7

  • Hotel Tango – Creating whiskey with discipline
  • Mayberry Spirits
  • Interview – Balcones Jared HimStedt
  • Cocktails with Molly Wellmann
  • Lisa Wicker interview
  • Holiday gift guide
  • Independent staves company
  • Brooklyn’s Bourbon Bars
  • The Flatiron Room
  • The Bourbon Lab science

PLUS
20 whiskeys blind tasted


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Issue 6

  • Southern Grace – Discovering Bourbon behind bars
  • Traverse City Whiskey Co.
  • Thunder Road
  • Reservoir Distillery
  • Silverback Distillery
  • Kentucky Bourbon Festival 2019
  • Do the Charleston
  • The question of cork
  • Denver’s enticing distilleries
  • Chocolate and whiskey

PLUS
15 whiskeys blind tasted


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Issue 5

  • Bardstown Bourbon Company
  • Great Wagon Road – Charlotte, NC’s oldest distillery
  • Mount Vernon
  • Heaven Hill
  • Michter’s
  • Tales of fast cars and moonshine
  • Whiskey and the environment
  • Distilling in the USA

PLUS
15 whiskeys blind tasted


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Issue 4

  • The rise of Uncle Nearest
  • Treat Oak – The new distillery in Texas
  • The man behind Delilah’s bar in Chicago
  • Hudson Valley chocolate and whiskey journey
  • Malt resurgence
  • Your guide to the Kentucky Derby
  • Working with Asian flavors
  • We look at fermentation times

PLUS
22 whiskeys blind tasted


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Issue 3

  • Meet the man behind Metallica’s new whiskey
  • Castle and Key
  • Discovering the Pacific North West
  • Four Roses
  • Distilling in the Texas
  • Guide to Virginia distilleries
  • Heath Clark interview
  • The Kentucky Bourbon Festival round up
  • The handmade side of whiskey and chocolate

PLUS
22 whiskeys blind tasted


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Issue 2

  • Maker’s Mark
  • Evan Williams
  • The Kentucky Bourbon Festival guide
  • New York bars guide
  • Bringing Bourbon back into fashion
  • Jefferson’s Bourbon
  • Pappy & Company
  • Bob Dylan and Distilling
  • The legacy lines of two new distilleries

PLUS
22 whiskeys blind tasted


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Issue 1

  • Buffalo Trace
  • Jim Beam
  • Balcones
  • The Silver Dollar Bar
  • Charlotte NC bars guide
  • Jack Rose Dining Saloon
  • Eddie Russell – Wild Turkey interview
  • Marianne Eaves – Castle and Key’s master distiller
  • Origin stories and legislation
  • Original moonshine cars ride again
  • What’s happening on the craft scene

PLUS
22 whiskeys blind tasted