04/01/25
Curated by Rebecca Herman McBrayer

Bourbon & Whiskey Industry Highlights from March 2025 >> 33 Stories!

In March 2025, the bourbon and whiskey industry saw significant developments, including expected market growth to $12.8 billion by 2031, new partnerships, and multiple distillery news stories. The month featured notable bottle releases, awards announcements, and highlights on women impacting the industry, alongside updates on festivals and distillation workshops.

Industry Market News & Related Announcements >> 3 Stories

Mar 08: Bourbon Spirits Market Growth Expected to Reach $12.8 Billion by 2031: Laws Whiskey House, Conecuh Brands

Mar 13: InvestBev announces partnership to invest up to $100 million in Kentucky Bourbon Barrels

Mar 27: 10 Women Changing The Whiskey Industry

Distillery News >> 10 Stories

Mar 04: Southern Distilling Company Strengthens Focus on Decade-Long Contract Services Success with Statesville Contract Distilling

Mar 04: Lofted Spirits Launches as Bardstown Bourbon, Green River Parent Company

Mar 05: Remus Bourbon Launches New Master Distiller Experimental Series

Mar 08: Diageo pauses production at Kentucky distillery

Mar 09: Old Carter Whiskey Co under new ownership

Mar 12: Green River Distilling announces layoffs

Mar 12: Casey Jones Distillery to welcome Distillery University in April for distilling workshop

Mar 17: Journeyman Distillery’s first award-winning whiskey creates community tradition at The American Factory

Mar 17: Buffalo Trace Distillery wraps up $1.2 billion expansion

Mar 24: The woman who pioneered distilling in Wyoming

Distillery Trail >> 2 Stories

Mar 14: New York distillers launch Trails app

Mar 22: What Every Whiskey Connoisseur Should Know About The Kentucky Bourbon Trail

Awards Announced >> 2 Stories

Mar 09: This Is the World’s Best Bourbon, According to the World Whiskies Awards

Mar 30: World Whiskies Awards 2025 and Icons of Whisky 2025

Bourbon Festival News & Updates >> 4 Stories

ONGOING: Bourbon & Beyond announces 2025 Music Lineup

ONGOING: BBQ & Barrels • Owensboro, Kentucky

Mar 18: Ky Bourbon Festival tickets on sale April 16-17

Mar 18: Roots Revue Returns With Bluegrass, Bourbon & Family Fun This Memorial Day Weekend in Paristown

Bottle Releases >> 12 Stories

Mar 03: Buzzard’s Roost to Release Toasted French Oak Bourbon Batch 2

Mar 04: Penelope Bourbon releases highly anticipated Rio

Mar 04: 17-year-old Fanged Pursuit latest Bourbon from The Orphan Barrel Collection

Mar 10: JYPSI Spirits Announces Launch of Tribute Double Barreled

Mar 13: Yellowstone Bourbon introduces new permanent addition to family of award-winning expressions with Small Batch 107

Mar 18: Old Forester Releases Its First-Ever Bottled in Bond Rye in 117 Series

Mar 18: Maker’s Mark’s Latest Bourbon Toasts the Team Behind the Barrels

Mar 19: Milam & Greene Whiskey Unleashes Gray Wolf Straight Bourbon

Mar 20: Barrell Craft Spirits® Unveils NewestFinished Bourbon in its Cask Finish Series: P.X. Sherry

Mar 25: Blood Oath Pact 11 Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey arrives at retail in April

Mar 25: Michter’s To Release 10 Year Kentucky Straight Bourbon

Mar 28: Booker’s Bourbon Kicks Off 2025 With a Tribute to a Jim Beam Legend

03/01/25
Curated by Rebecca Herman McBrayer

Bourbon & Whiskey Industry Highlights from February 2025 >> 49 Stories!

In February 2025, the bourbon and whiskey industry faced challenges, including potential trade wars affecting sales. Noteworthy developments included India reducing tariffs and significant growth for various distilleries. The Kentucky Bourbon Trail expanded, and new bottle releases were highlighted, showcasing the industry’s resilience and innovation amidst an evolving market landscape.

Industry Market News & Related Announcements >> 5 Stories

Feb 3: In Kentucky bourbon country, the prospect of a trade war feels like a hangover that won’t go away

Feb 10: Bourbon Spirits Market Outlook 2025-2034: Key Trends, Growth Drivers, and Market Share

Feb 11: An unwanted double: US sales fall for American whiskeys as threats of a trade war heat up

Feb 14: America’s Bourbon Whiskey Gets Sweet Deal As India Slashes Tariffs From 150% To 50%

Feb 20: Bourbon Whiskey Market Is Booming So Rapidly | Four Roses, Michter’s Distillery, Beam Suntory

Distillery News >> 17 Stories

Feb 4: Holladay Distillery breaks ground on ironclad rickhouse in latest growth spurt

Feb 5: Jeptha Creed Reports Growth During Whiskey Downturn

Feb 5: Oregon makes history with first tribal distillery

Feb 5: Kentucky Bourbon Distillery Installs First Phase of $2M On-Site Solar Array

Feb 5: Western Wisconsin distillery scene: The craft, the business, the drinks — and the people who help make it run

Feb 5: Meet Whiskey Del Bac’s New Master Distiller and Director of Operations

Feb 7: “The next darling of the American whiskey movement” – Southern Distilling co-founder Pete Barger bets on single malt catching fire

Feb 7: Green River Whiskey Joins NY Racing Team and J.J. Yeley in Quest for The 2025 Daytona 500

Feb 10: Barrel house partially collapses at Jack Daniel’s Distillery

Feb 11: MGP Ingredients, Inc. Investors: February 14, 2025 Filing Deadline in Securities Class Action – Contact Lieff Cabraser

Feb 12: UPDATE: Jack Daniels Whiskey and the Multi-Million Dollar Roof Collapse

Feb 13: Barrel King and Mash & Drum’s Jason Callori Partner to Launch Drum Key Spirits

Feb 13: Frey Ranch joins Estate Whiskey Alliance

Feb 18: Brother’s Bond Bourbon Secures $7.5 Million in Fresh Funding

Feb 19: Green River Whiskey Resurrects Its Legacy – and a Ghostly Visitor – in First Brand Advertising Campaign in 100+ Years

Feb 19: Yellowstone Bourbon Announces Donation Milestone with National Parks Conservation Association

Feb 25: Office of Buffalo Trace whiskey distillery swept into Kentucky River by mudslide

Distillery Trail >> 6 Stories

Feb 6: Kentucky Bourbon Trail Grows to 60 Destinations

Feb 7: Kentucky Bourbon Trail adds 15 new locations. Meet the newest distillery members

Feb 7: Wenzel Whiskey added to Kentucky Bourbon Trail

Feb 7: Wenzel Whiskey and Becker & Bird Added to Northern Kentucky’s The B-Line

Feb 14: Bourbon Barrel Retreats may be Bourbon Country’s most unique spot for a nightcap

Feb 21: National Bourbon Week Returns to Bardstown June 10-15

Awards Announced >> 4 Stories

Feb 14: Marlene Holmes, Master Distiller of Milam & Greene Whiskey Makes History

Feb 19: This Mysterious Bourbon Is Suddenly Set to Be One of the Most Hunted Bottles of 2025

Feb 24: Chefs from Louisville restaurants, area distillers win big at Bourbon Classic competition

Feb 25: Kentucky Bourbon Trail Earns Honors at Icons of Whisky Awards

Bourbon Festival News & Updates >> 3 Stories

Feb 3: 4th Annual Bourbon & Bubbles Festival

Feb 5: Bourbon & Beyond announces 2025 Music Lineup

Feb 28: BBQ & Barrels • Owensboro, Kentucky

Bottle Releases >> 14 Stories

Feb 4: Exclusive: Heaven Hill Announces 19-Year-Old Wheat Whiskey for 2025 Heritage Collection

Feb 4: Limited release: High West’s new American single malt

Feb 6: Green River Introduces Kentucky Straight Wheated Single Barrel Bourbon

Feb 11: Kentucky Peerless Distilling Company Releases Toasted Rye Batch 1

Feb 12: Evan Williams is releasing a Kentucky Derby Festival Single Barrel Bourbon

Feb 13: Log Still Distillery to Release America’s 47 Bourbon

Feb 17: A. Smith Bowman to Release Annual Cask Strength Bourbon

Feb 18: Bulleit Frontier Whiskey Unveils Its First Bottled-in-Bond Expression, Distilled in Spring 2017

Feb 21: INTRODUCING FREY RANCH 100% BARLEY WHISKEY

Feb 24: Jack Daniel’s Introduces 14-Year-Old Tennessee Whiskey for the First Time in Over a Century

Feb 25: Bardstown Bourbon’s Distillery Reserve Brings Innovation to the Small Scale

Feb 25: Michter’s Announces 2025 Release of US*1 Barrel Strength Rye

Feb 26: Rebel Bourbon rolls out Kyle Busch 108 Single Barrel Bourbon

Feb 27: Woodford Reserve’s New Bourbon Tastes Just Like Chocolate and Packs a 139-Proof Punch