It's This Week in Bourbon for September 12th 2025. Heaven Hill officially opens its doors at Heaven Hill Springs, Jos. A. Magnus & Co. has announced the return of its Private Cask Program, and Freddie Noe announce the launch of Booker’s, The Reserves 2025.

Show Notes:

• HHS buries report linking alcohol to cancer, drawing criticism from industry watchdogs.


• Heaven Hill opens $200M Springs Distillery in Bardstown and releases a special commemorative bourbon


• Purple Toad Winery & Distillery joins the KDA as a new Craft member, using innovative techniques to repurpose winemaking byproducts


• Speed Art Museum to auction rare whiskeys and custom single barrels to benefit educational programs


• Von Payne Spirits buys historic Louisville building to create The Von Payne Castle distillery and tasting experience


• Jos. A. Magnus & Co. brings back its exclusive Private Cask Program with a very limited number of 10-year-old high-rye bourbon barrels


• Buffalo Trace Distillery to launch a traveling tasting tour featuring rare expressions and city-specific merchandise


• Blue Note Bourbon re-releases its limited-edition Honey Rye Cask expression.


• 15 STARS launches its award-winning Artisan Collection, a limited-production blend of 15 and 12-year-old bourbons


• Ingram Distillery releases Uncharted Kentucky Wheated Bourbon, a new whiskey aged on the Mississippi River in 100% recycled glass


• New Era Whiskey releases its first three cask-strength, single-barrel bourbons honoring Kentucky landmarks


• Angel's Envy releases two new limited-edition Distillery Series expressions, a Two-Grain Bourbon and a Peated Cask Rye


• Middleburg Barrel Company debuts 1787 Provenance Bourbon, a new brand founded by Viyas Sundaram with a unique re-aging process


• Heaven Hill releases the 2025 edition of its Grain to Glass Wheated Bourbon Whiskey, made with a high-wheat mashbill from local farms


• Jack Daniel's introduces the 2025 Heroes Selection, a Single Barrel Barrel Proof whiskey chosen by and for military veterans


• Woodford Reserve unveils Sweet Oak Bourbon, the 21st release in its Master’s Collection, aged in rare Chinkapin oak barrels


• Booker’s releases its highly-anticipated The Reserves 2025, a limited-edition bourbon finished in tequila barrels for the first time in Beam history


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