The Stories Behind the Bottles, Prices, and Trends
October 19, 2026
Heaven Hill Phoenix: A $325 Bourbon, a $1,121 Question
Bourbon collectors love a good origin story. Give us an age statement, a connection to a long-gone distillery, and a…
October 13, 2026
The Bourbon Market Is Down Someone Is Still Paying $2,150
Fall release season meets a softer secondary market Bourboneur | Market data through October 12, 2026 Apparently, nobody told King…
October 3, 2026
Henry Kraver’s Old Reserve: A Decade in the Making, a Market on the Move
Ten years is a long time to wait for a bourbon. It’s also a long time to keep barrels tucked…
September 28, 2026
Old Hoffman Rare Selection Is Selling for $300
Old Hoffman is back, and the two releases bearing its name are already occupying very different places in the bourbon…
September 21, 2026
Bourbon Scarcity Is Changing. Shelf Prices Haven’t.
There it is: Weller Full Proof, sitting on a liquor-store shelf. You have spent years hunting bourbon and may never…
September 15, 2026
5 Kentucky Bourbon Festival Bottles Making Waves
The Kentucky Bourbon Festival celebrated its 35th anniversary over the weekend with more than 70 distilleries, over 200 whiskey brands…
September 8, 2026
Bourbon’s Other Ingredient: A Guide to the Wood Behind the Whiskey
American white oak may be the bourbon standard, but distillers are increasingly exploring trees from France, Hungary, Japan, Mongolia and…
September 1, 2026
Half the Bourbon, Full-Size Price
The 375ml bottle has become bourbon’s favorite format for experimental releases—but that approachable sticker price may be hiding a much…
August 24, 2026
Experts Confirm Every Bourbon Price Is Wrong
Too high when buying. Too low when selling. In a rare moment of agreement across the bourbon community, collectors, retailers,…
August 18, 2026
When Annual Scarcity Ends: The E.H. Taylor Barrel Proof Reset
Bourbon Blue Book Insights • August 2026 Vacation-town liquor stores are rarely where bourbon hunters expect to find a…
August 11, 2026
Bourbon Prices Are Flat in 2026. That’s More Interesting Than It Sounds.
The Bourboneur Secondary Market Index has traveled from a January low to a spring high and back below zero—revealing a…
July 27, 2026
Does More Oak Mean More Money?
Walk into almost any well-stocked liquor store and the oak vocabulary starts piling up quickly. Double Oaked. Double Barrel. Toasted…