The Bourbon Report
Bourbon Market Trends 2025: RTDs, COLAs, and 2030 Outlook
Straight Bourbon Whiskey hit a record 1,951 COLAs in 2025 as RTDs surged to $3.8B. A market-share-driven look at labels, barrels, pricing, and the 2030 outlook.
Bourbon 101: Everything You Need to Know About America’s Native Spirit
Contents
What Is Bourbon?
A Brief History of Bourbon
How Bourbon Is Made
Types of Bourbon
Bourbon vs. Whiskey: Key Differences
How to Taste Bourbon
How to Read a Bourbon Label
How...
Sagamore Spirit Cask Strength Rye Whiskey (2025) Review
Sip Score™: 7.3 / 10
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Name: Sagamore Spirit Cask Strength Rye Whiskey (2025)Distillery/Source: Sagamore Spirit, Baltimore, MarylandProof: 123 (61.5% ABV)Age: 7...
How Texas Bourbon Forged Its Own Frontier: Boldest New Force in...
Where the Spirit Runs Hotter
Drive west out of Austin, past the tech campuses and taco trucks, and the landscape opens up like a book...
Sourced and Respected: Why American Whiskey’s Future Depends on Truth, Not...
In American whiskey, few phrases trigger as much debate as “sourced whiskey.” For some, it’s shorthand for deception: brands masking mass-produced spirits behind stories...
Forged by Altitude: The Grit and Growth of Colorado Whiskey
The Colorado Chapter
At The Bourbon Report, we launched The Bourbon State Project to uncover a truth the mainstream whiskey world too often overlooks: great...
Beyond Kentucky: Exploring Bourbon’s Bold Rise Across All 50 States
When most people think of bourbon, they think of Kentucky. And for good reason. The Commonwealth has given the world icons like Buffalo Trace,...
Bardstown Bourbon Company: The Ultimate Guide to America’s Most Innovative Whiskey...
A Disruptive Idea in the Bourbon Capital of the World
In 2014, Peter Loftin, a successful telecommunications entrepreneur, arrived in Bardstown, Kentucky with an unorthodox...
Baker’s Single Barrel Bourbon 7 Year Review
The Wallflower Steps Into the Spotlight.
Once the quiet sibling in Beam’s iconic Small Batch Collection, Baker’s Bourbon has finally stepped into its own...
The 3-Tier System Is No Longer a Fair Market—It’s Time for...
When Prohibition ended in 1933, the United States adopted the three-tier alcohol distribution system as a safeguard against the abuses of tied-house monopolies. Producers...
