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Created in 2018, BTB provides a platform to address challenges and opportunities within the global drinks industry including mental and physical health, intersectionality, substance use, sexual harassment, diversity, equity, and sustainability. Futures Lab The Future of A.I.
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For more top gift ideas check out the archives and read our 2023 , 2022 , 2021 , 2020 , 2019 , 2018 , 2017 , 2016 , 2015 , 2014 , 2013 , 2012 , 2011 , 2010 , 2009 , and 2008 holiday guides. As always, watch this space for our top whiskeys of the year list in mid-December, which will offer even more solid picks.
has unveiled its second annual Archive Release, offering whiskey collectors a chance to acquire some of the distillery’s most limited and historically significant bottles from past years. Historic First Releases Among Offerings The collection includes Copperworks’ historic Release 001, the distillery’s very first whiskey.
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