Quick update on the last two picks

Both the Rare Character barrel and the Blue Note barrel picks turned out excellent. Genuinely excited about both. Blue Note is going to land first — looks like October — and that's a special one: we're getting half the bottles from that barrel, and we'll be distributing those through Patreon and the email list. More details coming as we get closer, but if you want a shot at one, this is a good time to be on both lists.

Something new we're trying

We just opened up a Bottle Purchase Interest list — a simple way to tell us which bottles you'd actually want to buy from us, including whether shipping would matter to you. We built this because "reply if you're interested" doesn't scale, and we want real data, not guesses, on what to prioritize next. It's brand new, so consider this a soft launch — click through, tell us what you're after — we'll follow up with everyone and do what we can, including working out shipping where it makes sense.

This Week in Whiskey News

• Bardstown Bourbon Co. just released two new fall bottles nationwide: 2026 Discovery (a blend of 7, 10, and 11-year Kentucky bourbons finished in Garryana oak) and Lochs of Jura Barrel Finish (bourbon/rye finished in Scotch casks from Isle of Jura, 104 proof, 99 points at the 2026 IWSC). Both are $139.99, limited quantities. I can't wait to find these two.
• Sazerac picked up the shuttered Garrard County Distilling facility in Lancaster, KY — worth watching what they do with it, given Sazerac's track record of bringing dormant sites back online.