Author: Fred Minnick

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Garrison Brothers to Release its First-Ever Bottled in Bond

Garrison Brothers Distillery announced the release of its first Bottled in Bond Bourbon, a six-year-old, 100-proof Texas bourbon made from...
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I am so pumped to announce my first leg of the Bottom Shelf book tour. If you are a bookstore,...
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2025 Top 100 — Ranked

American whiskey keeps getting better.  In 2025, the year of a market correction, I saw so many small independent brands...
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The LIVE Blind Tasting takes place Tuesday, January, 20, at 7 p.m. to whenever it ends. Head to YouTube and...
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I owe you a bit of an explanation for the tardiness of my 2025 Top 100, the live tasting taking...
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When assessing 2024’s American whiskey, I see so much growth from smaller distillers and non-distiller producers. This was clearly the...
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Fred Minnick 2024 Am Whiskey Top 100 Ranking Logo
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2024 was an up and down year for American whiskey. Multiple businesses reported struggles, some filed for bankruptcy and FTC...
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