Breaking Bourbon

Bulleit ‘87 Whiskey is the brand’s first new core expression since the debut of Bulleit 95 Rye Whiskey in 2011. The whiskey gets its name from the year Bulleit was founded in 1987.

Solera Aged Bourbon was created in honor of Jeptha Creed Distillery’s 10th Anniversary. The release debuted at the 2026 Kentucky Bourbon Festival and is now available at the distillery and on the company’s website. Solera Aged Bourbon: 10th Anniversary Edition is the first solera-aged release from Jeptha Creed. More commonly used in winemaking, a solera is a continuous fractional blending system where you keep a portion of the old liquid in the system and progressively add younger liquid.

Old Forester Birthday Bourbon is an annual limited release that celebrates the birthday of company founder George Garvin Brown, which was September 2, 1846. He founded the company at the age of 24 in 1870. For the 26th release in the series, Master Distiller Emeritus Chris Morris and Assistant Master Distiller Caleb Trigo selected 212 barrels from the third floor of Warehouse B, which is the oldest warehouse at the Brown-Forman Distillery in Shively, Kentucky.

Copperworks Distillery Exclusive Single Cask No. 97-2 is a unique expression because it’s a hand-fill offering, allowing distillery visitors to fill their own bottle and then add the cask details to their bottle’s label. For those who don't want to hand-fill, the distillery will hand-fill on their behalf and ship to the consumer, if preferred. Because the whiskey remains in the cask until it’s thieved for bottling, it continues to age and transform until it's completely emptied, bottle by bottle.

Designed to showcase Heaven Hill’s oldest classic-style American whiskeys, the Heaven Hill Heritage Collection serves as a counterweight to their more experimental Parker’s Heritage Collection. Since 2022, the releases have been aged 17 years or more and feature one of the company's six core mashbills. According to Heaven Hill, this year’s edition was blended from 270 barrels distilled in February, July, and August 2003 and bottled in December 2025.

Remus Repeal Reserve is MGP’s annual limited-release bourbon series under the George Remus brand, created to commemorate the repeal of Prohibition on December 5, 1933.

LOUISVILLE, Ky., Oct. 1, 2026 – King of Kentucky, one of the most sought-after bottles in American whiskey from Brown-Forman, returns in 2026 with a high-proof single barrel expression aged for 14 years. This year's release is drawn from two 14-year-old lots totaling 99 barrels, with proofs ranging from 125 to 135. Of the 99 barrels selected, 51 matured on the third floor of Warehouse I and 48 matured on the first floor of Warehouse L at the Brown-Forman Distillery.

Booker’s Bourbon continues Booker Noe’s original “True Barrel” concept: barrel-strength bourbon, bottled uncut and unfiltered, with individual batches selected when they reach Booker’s desired flavor profile. Booker’s The Reserves is a limited experimental line designed to honor Booker Noe’s legacy of innovation by allowing Beam to explore distinctive whiskeys and finishing techniques beyond the traditional Booker’s Bourbon formula.

Based in Portland, Oregon, Westward Whiskey is back with their second ever bottled in bond whiskey. Originally released in 2024, the first edition was notable as Westward Whiskey's highest-aged release at the time. Fast forward two years, and the second edition is now older, coming in at just under double digits. That additional time in the barrel also comes at a cost, however, as the second edition has increased in price from $75 to $100.

Named for “Circle City,” the longtime nickname for Indianapolis, which originated from Monument Circle at the center of the city’s original 1821 plan, Circle City Whiskey Company is based in Indianapolis, Indiana, and was founded in 2023 by Drew Black. Black previously ran a large Indianapolis-based whiskey club that was focused on private barrel selections, ultimately leading him to Circle City Whiskey Company via a more non-traditional whiskey enthusiast route.