TWiB: Uncle Nearest is sued for $100M, IW Harper releases a 34 year old bourbon, Parker’s Heritage #19 details are announced.

It's This Week in Bourbon for August 8th 2025. Uncle Nearest is being sued for $100M and is publicly fighting back, IW Harper releases a 34 year old bourbon, and Parker’s Heritage #19 details are announced.

Show Notes:

• A multi-million dollar lawsuit against Uncle Nearest alleges the company defaulted on loans and misused funds, claims which the owners are calling "demonstrably false".
• A trademark dispute between Maker’s Mark and a dog treat company named Wigglewow over the name 'Maker’s Bark' has been settled, with Wigglewow agreeing to retire the product.
• National Bourbon Week will return to Bardstown, Kentucky, from June 14-21, 2026, featuring tastings, dinners, and a street concert.
• Proof and Wood released Tumblin’ Dice Single Barrel Rye finished in Laird’s Apple Brandy Barrels, a 7-year rye finished for an additional year.
• New Riff Distilling's 2025 Headliner is an 11-year anniversary blend of five whiskeys, with a portion of the proceeds benefiting the Brighton Center.
• Buffalo Trace is releasing two ultra-aged wheat whiskey innovations: Weller 18 Year Old and a new blend of Weller Millennium.
• Goose Island's 2025 Bourbon County Stout lineup, releasing on Black Friday, features six variants with a strong focus on collaborations with Heaven Hill.
• World Whiskey Society is highlighting its core offering, a 9-Year-Old Straight Kentucky Bourbon Modern Bottle, aged 9 years and bottled at 54% ABV.
• I.W. Harper has unveiled its rarest offering, a 34-Year-Old Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey from Stitzel-Weller, with proceeds from a Sotheby's auction benefiting Native Son.
• Larrikin Bourbon Co. is expanding into Tennessee with the release of Tennessee Barrel One, a 121.5 proof cask strength bourbon.
• Brother Justus Whiskey Company has released its third annual Founder’s Reserve Whiskey, a single malt crafted from Minnesota malted barley and aged in Minnesota oak.
• Heaven Hill announced the 19th edition of the Parker’s Heritage Collection, a blend of three different mashbills to support ALS research.
• Jack Daniel's has launched Tennessee Blackberry, the newest addition to its flavors lineup, blending whiskey with blackberry flavor at 70 proof.
• A. Smith Bowman Distillery is releasing Abraham Bowman Oak Series: Hungarian Oak, a 12-year-old whiskey and the final experimental whiskey in the series.
• Blue Note Bourbon is bringing back its limited-edition Honey Bourbon Cask, an unfiltered whiskey finished in honey-infused barrels.
• Yellowstone Bourbon has launched a new line of ready-to-serve cocktails in three flavors: Gold Rush, Old Fashioned, and Espresso.
• New Riff Distilling is re-releasing its limited Red Turkey Wheat Kentucky Straight Bourbon, a bottled-in-bond whiskey that was last available four years ago.
• Penelope Bourbon has released Black Walnut Old Fashioned, a ready-to-pour cocktail made with a blend of bourbon and rye, black walnut bitters, and vanilla demerara.
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