Insights

The Stories Behind the Bottles, Prices, and Trends

Explore changing bottle values, new releases, and practical advice for buying, trading, and collecting.

April 22, 2025

Bourbonomics: Why Bourbon Prices Are Rising and What Influences the Cost

Understanding the Real Costs Behind Bourbon Pricing If you’ve ever stood in a liquor store, gazing at a wall of…

April 15, 2025

Tasty AF: 4 Must-Try Bourbons to Add to Your Whiskey Wish List

If you’re on the hunt for the best bourbons to try in 2025, you’ve come to the right place. Whether…

April 8, 2025

Mastering Bourbon Hunting in 2025: Strategies for Success in a Changing Landscape

Nothing in this life stays the same, and bourbon hunting, just like everything else in this world, is changing.  In…

April 1, 2025

A Dive into Rare Character Whiskey’s Single Barrel Series

Every bourbon drinker has a unique palate, and Rare Character believes there is no “one size fits all” whiskey –…

March 25, 2025

Worship Service is Over: A New Brand of Unicorns Takes Shape in 2025

Much to the delight of liquor store employees the world over, the five words that have been spoken a billion…

March 18, 2025

Is American Light Whiskey Bourbon? Exploring Key Differences and Popular Picks

As I was sitting out in my garage bar this weekend, a FedEx truck came rumbling up, a noticeable departure…

March 11, 2025

Buff Turkey Bourbon: The Unique Collaboration of Wild Turkey and Buffalo Trace

Buff Turkey is a term that has been gaining a lot of attention on the secondary market and with bourbon…

March 4, 2025

How Weight Loss Drugs Could Shake Up the Bourbon Market: A Surprising Connection

I’d like to think of myself as a pretty regular person, and so the experiences I have I tend to…

February 25, 2025

All Aboard: What to Know About Bourbon Drinking on Your Next Cruise

What now feels like an eon ago, was merely a week and a half back that I returned home from…

February 17, 2025

Opinion: I’ll Pay Secondary Prices…Sometimes

On a road trip last summer, I stopped into a small liquor store in Illinois along Interstate 57.  I’m always…

February 11, 2025

Five High Proofers That Deliver

It’s no secret that as we mature in our bourbon drinking many tend to gravitate towards higher proof bourbons.  The…

February 4, 2025

Chasing Bourbon Unicorns: Seven Very Rare and Very Elusive Bottles

After a year of falling prices on the bourbon secondary market, falling to the tune of just over eleven percent…