April Discovery Club: Hardshore Distilling Co. Maine Straight Bourbon
The Lost Lantern April Discovery Club release is a Maine single cask bourbon from Hardshore Distilling Co. in Portland. It is our first “oated bourbon” – a bourbon with oats as the secondary grain in the mashbill – and also, believe it or not, one of just a handful of whiskies we’ve ever done from […]
An Ode to Slow Proofing and Far-Flung Bourbon 100
For the first time ever, we have released our latest edition of Far-Flung Bourbon in two different proofs: cask strength and 100 proof. As a pair, they form the centerpiece of our Spring Collection – an exploration of high proof and low proof whiskies – and share the same blend of straight bourbons from seven […]
March Discovery Club: Proof Artisan Distillers, North Dakota Straight Bourbon
I’m excited to share the March Lost Lantern Discovery Club release. After last month’s barnstormer of a hazmat triticale whiskey, we’re going back to bourbon this time, but from a part of the country that I’m guessing you wouldn’t expect. This month’s release is a 5-year-old straight bourbon from Proof Artisan Distillers in Fargo, North […]
Lost Lantern Explores High vs. Low Proof in New Spring 2026 Collection
Curated pairings invite whiskey lovers to explore one of whiskey’s emerging debates Vergennes, VT (March 10, 2026) — This spring, Lost Lantern, the Vermont-based independent bottler of American whiskey, turns its focus to one of the most spirited discussions in whiskey today: high proof versus low proof. While high-proof whiskies, especially hazmat whiskies (those bottled […]
2026 World Whiskies Awards
We are so excited to share that Lost Lantern had a great night at the World Whiskies Awards and Icons of Whisky ceremony in Kentucky this month! Shadow & Light, a special release we created in collaboration with the independent bottler docuseries ‘Independent Spirits,’ is an homage to the old and the new: it brings together both peat-smoked […]
Discovery Club February 2026: Day’s Defile Nor’wester Whiskey
Sometimes we seek out distilleries. Sometimes distilleries find us. And sometimes they fall into our lap. That’s the case for the company and the whiskey we’re featuring in our February Discovery Club: Day’s Defile Nor’wester Whiskey, from Idaho. And I’m guessing you haven’t heard of Day’s Defile before: they are the newest whiskey brand we’ve […]
