SHOREHAM, Vt. — WhistlePig Whiskey, an independent craft whiskey maker, says it is taking on big bourbon in its own backyard.

Master Distiller Chris Morris chose two lots of barrels to set aside for the limited-release product from 2007. The 2024 expression is a 16-year-old Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey, featuring a ...

Some of these bigger guys need to take a little bit less profits ... By the end of April, the 210 bourbon barrel makers who work here will be laid off. The company will shift to buying its barrels ...

In short, cooperages only make the barrels bourbon ages in. Distilleries generally focus on the whiskey-making side. Bourbon barrels are typically made of oak, which is dried, shaped into a barrel ...

This bourbon is a double-barreled whiskey, which means it’s initially aged in new charred oak barrels for about four years, then placed in a new set of barrels for an additional year—think ...