Inside the booming, bourbon-driven barrel business | 60 Minutes Metal, plastic and cardboard long ago eclipsed barrels for the shipment of most items, but when it comes to wine and whiskey ...

When it comes to bourbon, the variety of terms can be intimidating, but here's what you need to know when choosing between a single- and double-barrel.

Bourbon is commonly aged in oak barrels, but the second barrel used could be anything from a port wine or sherry cask to a rum cask to another charred oak barrel.

That rule, plus booming consumer demand for bourbon starting in the early 2000's, has been very good for the barrel business. 3.2 million new barrels were filled with whiskey last year in Kentucky ...

Evan Williams, a budget bourbon that raises the bar when it comes to single barrel expressions, is a third. Its new Derby-themed version is truly fantastic. Evan Williams is a bottom-shelf bourbon.

May 12, 2025 Elijah Craig’s Newest Barrel Proof Bourbon Packs a Punch, but It’s Shy of Hazmat Whiskey This is the oldest release in two years.

Every barrel of Maker’s Mark is carefully rotated by hand — a tradition carried out by the distillery’s warehouse team. The 2025 Wood Finishing Series release, The Keepers Release, pays ...

Like its non-cask-strength Blanton’s Gold cousin, Blanton’s Straight From the Barrel (often abbreviated to SFTB) is Blanton’s 6—to 8-year-old bourbon bottled at full power—128 proof. As Buffalo Trace ...