Christopher Osburn

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By Christopher Osburn - NewsPublished: 23 Apr 2025|Last Updated: 22 Apr 2025 Readtime: 13 minEvery product is carefully selected by our editors and experts. If you buy from a link, we may earn a commission. Learn more. For more information on how we test products, click here. Like with all spirits, the world of tequila is extremely varied. There are bottom-shelf, plastic-handled tequilas that seem more like they belong in the engine of your car than in your stomach.

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Table of Contents Produced at NOM 1123 (Cascahuín Distillery) in Jalisco, Mexico, by Master Distiller Salvador Rosales Trejo, Wild Common was founded by Andy Bardon, a National Geographic photographer, after meeting Rosales and his family in Mexico. The Jackson Hole, Wyoming-based brand is known for its small-batch and sustainably made tequilas and mezcals. Recently, it announced the launch of its first añejo tequila.

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Table of Contents We love bourbon, especially historic bourbon. That’s why we get so excited when brands relaunch brands that were seemingly lost in time. This is the case with Bourbon de Luxe. First launched in 1911, it even made it past Prohibition after being acquired by the R.W. Wathen Co. in 1926 and added to the American Medicinal Spirits Co. portfolio in 1927. Shortly after, it was one of many forgotten brands.

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Table of Contents We always get really excited when we see a brewery and a distillery combining to launch a whiskey. Especially when it’s the re-release of a beloved whiskey collaboration. This is the case with Chicken Cock Whiskey’s partnership with Goodwood Brewing for Ryeteous Blonde. Chicken Cock Ryeteous BlondeInitially released in 2020, Chicken Cock Ryeteous Blonde begins as the brand’s Kentucky Straight Rye Whiskey.

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Table of Contents If you’ve never heard of Sespe Creek Distilling, you should know one important thing about the Oxnard, California-based distillery. Last year, it hired famed Scotch whisky distiller John Campbell as its Master Distiller. This should let you know that this brand isn’t afraid to push the boundaries of what is expected. Its newest push of the proverbial whiskey-drenched envelope is the launch of Warbringer Big Cockerel Aguardiente.