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As the U.S. remains embattled in an ever-changing trade war with Canada and tariffs from the European Union loom, bourbon makers in Kentucky are trying to find their footing and plan a path forward.

An escalating trade war between the U.S. and Canada saw American-made spirits banned from sale in Ontario. Distilleries in Kentucky are bracing for the fallout.

After leaning into a bourbon identity, Louisville’s future of high proof jobs and tourism looks a bit murky.

The Bourbon Counterfeit nods to the well established Bourbon Classic event, but it’s smaller, cheaper, and locally focused. It’s another entry in the Louisville local spinoff phenomenon.

Louisville-based spirits purveyor Brown-Forman says it’s closing its Louisville cooperage amid a 12% reduction in its workforce.

A new Kentucky law allows alcohol confiscated from closed criminal investigations by the state’s alcoholic beverage control agency to be auctioned. Online bidding on one sale with some tough to find bourbons opens Wednesday and closes at midnight on Dec. 11.

Scientists in Kentucky are on the lookout for the invasive spongy moth, which love white oaks. Those trees are the source material for bourbon barrels.

A new tourism and marketing strategy for Kentucky's most famous spirit was unveiled this week in Louisville. The Kentucky Bourbon Trail has a new logo and a new digital marketing campaign to help tourists plan bourbon trips to the state.

Bourbon makers are celebrating after the European Union lifted tariffs on bourbon and whiskey imposed during the Trump administration.

Louisville has met the national standard for sulfur dioxide for the first time since 2013, but struggles with unhealthy levels of ozone.