July 2026 Discovery Club: Redwood Empire California Straight Bourbon
Lost Lantern’s July Discovery Club release is a California straight bourbon from Redwood Empire. It’s our first from this acclaimed northern California distillery, which we’ve wanted to work with for several years. This is the first release in the Discovery Club since we officially changed the cadence to every other month. Unlike the last release, […]
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 […]
Discovery Club January 2026: Pine Bluffs
Sometimes I read about a distillery and I get so excited about it that I go a long, long way to get there. Literally and metaphorically, that’s what I did when I visited the distillery for the January 2026 Discovery Club release. I’m guessing it’s a distillery you haven’t heard of. I hadn’t, until I […]
The Year Behind: Lost Lantern 2025 Stats
Welcome to the Lost Lantern 2025 year in review! In 2024, I started our review by saying that it was a year of growth for Lost Lantern amidst a challenging year for the spirits industry. For 2025, I’d update with a similar sentiment: this was a year of growth for Lost Lantern amidst a very […]
