# Bourbon and Distillery News for May 18, 2026

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Podcast: [Bourbon Obsessed Bourbon Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/bourbon-obsessed-bourbon-podcast-7026860)
Published: 2026-05-18T08:30:00+00:00
Episode link: https://bourbonobsessed.podbean.com/e/bourbon-and-distillery-news-for-may-18-2026/
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## Resource

11 Bourbon Industry News Stories You Need to Know! Sazerac loses a fifteen-billion-dollar play, RNDC continues a major market selloff, Buffalo Trace new café is open, and the American Craft Spirits Association launches an official craft seal. All this and more in this week’s Bourbon Obsessed Bourbon and Distillery News! If you enjoy our podcast, we would greatly appreciate it if you would like and subscribe to it and also leave us a 5 star review. In addition, you can read and subscribe to my newsletter over on BourbonObsessed.com. There you can also find the links to the press releases or full articles for each of these news stories, as well as a whole lot more bourbon-related content. Thanks for listening! See you next time! Cheers!🥃

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