How to make a Black-Eyed Susan cocktail for Preakness, with bourbon, vodka, citrus, Maryland racing history, Bulleit, Ketel One, and race-day tradition.

Patti LaBelle, Chaka Khan, Joey Fatone, Q from Impractical Jokers, Luis Fonsi, Dasha, Lance Bass, Dana White and more are among the celebrities on the 2026 Barnstable Brown Derby Gala celebrity list in Louisville, Kentucky during Kentucky Derby week.

2026 Woodford Reserve Kentucky Derby 152 bottle is here: a 1L commemorative release (MSRP $50) featuring Chicago artist Anna Murphy’s blue-and-white “Dress to Impress, 152” artwork. Available globally in March and at the Woodford Reserve Distillery.

Cohiba’s Serie M Reserva Plata 2026 cigar release is Miami-made at El Titan de Bronze with a Mexican San Andrés wrapper and a 6 x 52 Toro format. Ships March 2026. $29.99 SRP per cigar, 3,000 boxes total.

IU vs Miami National Championship tonight: bourbon-fueled pregame with Hard Truth’s Bryan Smith, Curt Cignetti’s rise, key names Kurtis Rourke and Elijah Sarratt, easy bourbon cocktails, and the Nashville, Indiana distillery story behind Hard Truth rye, bourbon, and whiskey.

Stranger Things Season 5 finale, “The Right Side Up,” drops New Year’s Eve 2025 as 2026 begins. This Hawkins, Indiana drinking guide time-travels through the show’s 1983–1987 timeline (ending in fall 1987), calls out bottles that fit the era (including Blanton’s timing and the Beam Small Batch context), and gives watch-party Stranger Things cocktails to make.