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I’m collating to the best of my ability lists of new whiskies first released across the previous 30 days that I’ll divide into three articles — USA/Canada, Scotland/Ireland, and Japan/Rest of World — providing some basic information about each bottle. This month sees a wide and wild variety of new whiskeys now out in the world.
A few disclaimers: I’ve found information on the below whiskies from a combination of sources, including emails and press releases sent to me, social media posts, ChatGPT searches, and good old-fashioned Googling.
Notably (and perhaps frustratingly), I am leaving out all single cask releases as it’s almost impossible to keep track of them — there are simply too many. Unfortunately, this means a few significant releases may not get featured, but one of the joys of appreciating single cask whisky is the thrill of the hunt in finding something unique.
I’m also certain I’ve left out whiskies that should be here, and would love to know about them. Get in touch on Instagram or BlueSky to let me know what to add to these articles and I’ll do my best to do so promptly.
Find February’s releases from Scotland/Ireland HERE and Japan/Rest of World HERE.
This limited-edition Red Label release blends 12- to 15-year-old bourbons before finishing in toasted American oak casks. Barrell Craft Spirits, founded in 2013, continues its model of sourcing and blending mature stocks rather than distilling in-house.
Limited to 200 bottles, this 18-year-old American whiskey blend was distilled in Indiana and aged 10 years before spending eight additional years in Curaçao casks, creating one of Barrell’s longest finishing projects to date.
Heaven Hill marks 20 years of Bernheim with this 10 year old limited edition distilled from its wheated mash bill. First launched in 2005, Bernheim was positioned by Heaven Hill as the first new American whiskey style introduced since Prohibition due to it’s use of wheat as the main grain used.
Named TB-12 in tribute to Terry Bradshaw’s jersey number, 25 barrels were selected and bottled for this release, marking an expansion of the Bradshaw Bourbon portfolio into older age statements.
The six-year-old expression joins Bradshaw’s lineup as a cask strength single barrel bourbon. It expands the brand founded by NFL Hall of Famer Terry Bradshaw with a higher-proof, age-stated addition. Both of the above whiskeys were produced at the Green River Distillery owned by Bardstown and bottled at Bluegrass Distillers
Sourced from an Ohio distillery, this five-year-old bourbon undergoes secondary maturation in custom toasted and lightly charred barrels. Buzzard’s Roost specializes in re-barreling aged whiskey at its Louisville Whiskey Row facility.
This release interprets Ireland’s single pot still style using floor-malted barley, Tennessee-grown unmalted barley, and malted oats. Produced at Chattanooga’s Experimental Distillery, it continues the brand’s focus on innovative mash bills.
Distilled from a mash bill of 80% corn, 10% rye, and 10% malted barley, this six-year-old Tennessee whiskey matures in heavily charred new American oak barrels. The brand has also announced plans for future barrel strength and single barrel releases.
Produced in Owensboro, Kentucky and owned by Bardstown, this wheated bourbon ages five to seven years in Green River’s clay tile warehouses. The mash bill consists of 70% corn, 21% wheat, and 9% malted barley.
Made from grains grown within a mile of Kentucky Artisan Distillery, this four-grain bourbon uses a mash bill of 67% corn, 12.5% rye, 12.5% wheat, and 8% malted barley, with all milling through bottling completed onsite using locally harvested grain.
Part of KAD’s Artisan Series, this high-rye bourbon features a mash bill of 60% corn, 36% rye, and 4% malted barley.
Developed under the watchful eye of the deeply respected Irish whiskey pioneer Brian Nation, this American whiskey follows Irish pot still production methods using 50% malted and 50% unmalted barley before triple distillation. It is then matured in new American oak barrels.
Limited to 315 bottles worldwide, this 2025 edition marries seven casks, four rye and three bourbon barrels, aged between 12 and more than 30 years.
Created to honor the 369th Infantry Regiment, better known as The Harlem Hellfighters, this bourbon was finished 191 days in French oak wine barrels sourced from the region where the regiment fought. The whiskey boasts three labels featuring different soldiers from the regiment. A portion of proceeds supports the Whiskey Valor Foundation.
Developed in partnership with Barrel Global, this limited-edition bourbon marks the first Peaky Blinders-branded American whiskey release.
Bottled at barrel strength, this seven-year-old small-batch bourbon blends four mash bills with a base of 70% corn, 23% rye, 5% malted barley and 2% malted rye.
Blended from 25 barrels distilled by MGP and aged at Castle & Key, this release continues Pinhook’s Vertical Series tracking the development of a single barrel parcel annually. Here, the mash bill consists of 95% rye and 5% malted barley.
Selected by NASCAR driver Kyle Busch with Master Distiller John Rempe, this four-year-old wheated bourbon continues Rebel’s partnership with Richard Childress Racing.
Part of Southern Distilling Company’s Paragon Collection, this bourbon spent over a year finishing in used Zinfandel barrels sourced from a boutique California winery. It is available exclusively at the distillery’s Statesville tasting room.
A higher-proof extension of the original Blend No. 40 of the release developed by Chris Stapleton and Buffalo Trace Master Distiller Harlen Wheatley. The final 121 proof was selected during a backstage tasting after a gig.
Produced from 100% Alberta malted barley, Eau Claire’s new flagship single malt is initially matured in ex-bourbon and European oak before finishing in Pedro Ximénez casks from Ximénez-Spínola in Jerez. The release marks Eau Claire’s move into super-premium positioning.
