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The first ever Wood Finishing Series release — 2020's SE4xPR5 combined two custom stave profiles to deliver Maker's most...
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Joe Whitfield
April 10, 2026
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The 2022 Wood Finishing Series release — RC6 pairs French oak with North American oak in a stave profile aimed at Rye Ca...
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April 10, 2026
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The 2021 sibling release — FAE-02 dials up the spicy, tannic side of American oak, showing the harder, more architectura...
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April 10, 2026
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The 2021 limited edition that launched the Wood Finishing Series — Fundamental American Expression 01 leans into the but...
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April 10, 2026
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A bespoke Maker's Mark built stave by stave — retailers and bars choose ten finishing staves from five virgin oak profil...
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April 10, 2026
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Brooklyn's oldest operating whiskey distillery, housed in the old Navy Yard Paymaster Building — a small-batch, two-grai...
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April 10, 2026
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A decade-matured wheated single barrel from Lux Row that trades Rebel's everyday warmth for layered, slow-burn elegance.
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April 10, 2026
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The wheated workhorse formerly known as Rebel Yell, reborn at 100 proof and leaning into its softer, sweeter mashbill.
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April 10, 2026
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A thoughtful blend of four and seven year old Kentucky bourbons revived by the Beam family descendants at Limestone Bran...
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April 10, 2026
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Twenty-three years of Kentucky oak — Heaven Hill's rare single-barrel statement bourbon, where age, char and patience co...
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April 10, 2026
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Eighteen Kentucky summers in a single barrel — Heaven Hill's deeply oaked, darkly elegant bourbon drawn one cask at a ti...
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April 10, 2026
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One barrel, hand-selected, bottled at a fuller 47.5% — Beam's single barrel expression is a study in concentrated oak, c...
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