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Siren's CCC no longer stands for Caribbean Chocolate Cake: three imperial stouts at 8.4%, 9% and 10%, brewed with three US breweries freedomwire.news/article/sir…
Siren Drops the Caribbean Chocolate Cake Name and Brews Three Imperial Stouts — FreedomWire

Siren Drops the Caribbean Chocolate Cake Name and Brews Three Imperial Stouts — FreedomWire

Siren Craft Brew's 2026 CCC release is Cinder, Chasm and Crucible — an 8.4% imperial stout with Revolution, a 9% imperial porter with Horus Aged Ales and a 10% imperial stout with Phase Three. For...

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Champagne's 2026 harvest fell 38% to 1.59 million hectolitres. Reserve wines stand between that crop and shelf prices freedomwire.news/article/cha…
Champagne's 2026 Harvest Is Down 38% — Which Is Not the Same as a Price Rise — FreedomWire

Champagne's 2026 Harvest Is Down 38% — Which Is Not the Same as a Price Rise — FreedomWire

France's agriculture ministry estimates Champagne production fell 38% in 2026 to 1.59 million hectolitres, the sharpest drop of any French wine region and 36% below the five-year average. Reserve...

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Green River will refund $20 of game-day spending, no bourbon purchase needed. Runs 6-20 November, one per person while funds last freedomwire.news/article/gre…
Green River Will Refund $20 of Your Game-Day Spending — FreedomWire

Green River Will Refund $20 of Your Game-Day Spending — FreedomWire

Green River bourbon is running a promotion that refunds $20 of qualifying game-day spending — tickets, parking, food, merchandise — with no bourbon purchase required. It runs 6–20 November, one...

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Trijicon added MRAD reticles to the 4x32 and 3.5x35 ACOG: holds for your own rifle and load, not one cartridge. No price given freedomwire.news/article/tri…
Trijicon Puts MRAD Reticles in the ACOG — FreedomWire

Trijicon Puts MRAD Reticles in the ACOG — FreedomWire

Trijicon has added MRAD reticle options to the 4x32 and 3.5x35 ACOG — subtension-based holds that are not tied to a single cartridge, in both dual-illuminated and LED configurations. No price has...

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Azerbaijan's Kalashnikov plant now builds Ari Arms OR-4 AR-15s. Local production was the condition; tens of thousands of rifles freedomwire.news/article/ari…
Ari Arms Starts Building AR-15s in Azerbaijan — FreedomWire

Ari Arms Starts Building AR-15s in Azerbaijan — FreedomWire

Israel's Ari Arms has launched local production of its OR-4 rifle in Azerbaijan with the country's Ministry of Defence Industry and a local partner — the first Western-standard rifle manufacturing on...

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Les Fines Lames put gold on a cutter and a lighter: $90 and $110, 250 units each, in stores from 10 November freedomwire.news/article/les…
Les Fines Lames Puts Gold on a $90 Cutter and a $110 Lighter, 250 of Each — FreedomWire

Les Fines Lames Puts Gold on a $90 Cutter and a $110 Lighter, 250 of Each — FreedomWire

La Guillotine Rotor Gold and Le Feu Svelt Gold Leaves are limited to 250 units each and go on sale from 10 November — the third colourway for the cutter, after chrome and matte black.

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Magpul's DT-S Carbine Stock adds two waterproof storage tubes to the Dual Tension lock: $94.95, 15.0 oz. No field review exists yet freedomwire.news/article/mag…
Magpul’s DT-S Turns Two Sealed Storage Tubes Into a 15-Ounce Carbine Stock — FreedomWire

Magpul’s DT-S Turns Two Sealed Storage Tubes Into a 15-Ounce Carbine Stock — FreedomWire

The DT-S keeps the DT’s dual-tension lock and adds two O-ring-sealed storage tubes rated to 10 metres, for $94.95 — at a cost of 5.2 ounces over the standard DT.

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Zimbabwean farmers had planted 22,918 hectares of tobacco by 30 October, up 28% on last year. Plantings, not harvest freedomwire.news/article/zim…
Zimbabwe’s Tobacco Plantings Are Up 28%, and 2,920 Hectares of Them Are Dryland — FreedomWire

Zimbabwe’s Tobacco Plantings Are Up 28%, and 2,920 Hectares of Them Are Dryland — FreedomWire

Farmers had planted 22,918 hectares by 30 October, up from 17,867 a year earlier — with 87% under irrigation, and the industry board warning growers off land they cannot water.

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CRAFT Maquette Foreign & Domestic returns at $10 a cigar, 500 to 1,200 bundles, and this time the blend is public freedomwire.news/article/cra…
CRAFT Maquette’s Foreign & Domestic Returns, and This Time the Blend Is Public — FreedomWire

CRAFT Maquette’s Foreign & Domestic Returns, and This Time the Blend Is Public — FreedomWire

The second release of RoMa Craft’s 4 × 46 box-pressed petite corona ships at the same $10 with the same size — but the blend is now disclosed, production is up from 500 to 1,200 bundles, and Skip...

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KT&G's record quarter: 1.91 trillion won (US$1.4 billion) of revenue, up 4.3%. Full-year guidance is US$5.2 billion. freedomwire.news/article/ktg…
KT&G Posts Record Quarterly Revenue and Guides to US$5.2bn for the Year — FreedomWire

KT&G Posts Record Quarterly Revenue and Guides to US$5.2bn for the Year — FreedomWire

KT&G reported 1.91 trillion won of quarterly revenue and 530.1 billion won of operating profit, with a tenth straight quarter of overseas cigarette growth and full-year guidance of 7 trillion won.

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Putin placed JTI's Russian assets under temporary administration on 5 November. No reason was given for it freedomwire.news/article/put…
Putin Put JTI’s Russian Business Under Temporary Administration — FreedomWire

Putin Put JTI’s Russian Business Under Temporary Administration — FreedomWire

A 5 November decree placed Japan Tobacco International’s Russian assets under temporary administration, handing control of its stakes in four local businesses to the Russian company Industrial...

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67% of UK wine buyers plan to spend more this festive season than last, Hallgarten & Novum's survey finds. UK only, not US freedomwire.news/article/fes…
Two-Thirds of UK Wine Buyers Say They Will Spend More This Christmas — FreedomWire

Two-Thirds of UK Wine Buyers Say They Will Spend More This Christmas — FreedomWire

Hallgarten & Novum’s 2026 festive report, surveyed with Nielsen in August, finds 67% planning to spend more on wine, £26–£40 as the Christmas Day sweet spot, and supermarkets still the default shop.

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Timothy Taylor's first stout is cask only: Golden Promise, roast barley, crystal rye, WGV and Fuggles. No price stated freedomwire.news/article/tim…
Timothy Taylor’s Puts Its First Stout on Cask Pumps Only, and Says That Is the Point — FreedomWire

Timothy Taylor’s Puts Its First Stout on Cask Pumps Only, and Says That Is the Point — FreedomWire

The West Yorkshire brewer launched Timothy Taylor’s Stout exclusively on cask handpull and used the launch to argue cask ale is a format it will keep investing in while the rest of the UK trade...

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Registration for the 2027 World Beer Cup is open through January, and cider now gets its own World Cider Cup freedomwire.news/article/wor…
The World Beer Cup Opens 2027 Entries and Spins Cider Into Its Own World Cider Cup — FreedomWire

The World Beer Cup Opens 2027 Entries and Spins Cider Into Its Own World Cider Cup — FreedomWire

Registration for the 2027 World Beer Cup opened on 5 November and runs through January, with new beer styles, expanded cider categories and a standalone World Cider Cup judged with the American Cider...

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WhistlePig's 12 Year finished a month in recharred barrels that held its own maple syrup: 43% ABV, no price or count stated freedomwire.news/article/whi…
WhistlePig Recharred Its Maple-Syrup Barrels and Finished a 12-Year Rye in Them — FreedomWire

WhistlePig Recharred Its Maple-Syrup Barrels and Finished a 12-Year Rye in Them — FreedomWire

The limited WhistlePig 12 Year Rye Single Finish Maple Crème Brûlée spends a month in recharred barrels that held the brand’s barrel-aged maple syrup, bottled at 43% ABV.

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Knob Creek's Trailmaster Edition is the same 9-year-old, 100-proof whiskey in a camo 375ml bottle: $21.99, no new recipe freedomwire.news/article/kno…
Knob Creek Puts Its 9-Year-Old in a Camouflage 375ml for $21.99 — FreedomWire

Knob Creek Puts Its 9-Year-Old in a Camouflage 375ml for $21.99 — FreedomWire

The Trailmaster Edition wraps Knob Creek 9 Year Old, 100 proof, in a camouflage label on a half-size bottle — a packaging variant, and the brand says so plainly.

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Sazerac plans over US$605 million in Kentucky: US$557 million at Garrard County, US$29.4 million at Buffalo Trace freedomwire.news/article/saz…
Sazerac Lines Up US$605m of Kentucky Whiskey Spending — US$557m of It at a Distillery That Closed...

Sazerac Lines Up US$605m of Kentucky Whiskey Spending — US$557m of It at a Distillery That Closed...

Filings with Kentucky’s economic development authority lay out more than US$605 million of bourbon and American whiskey projects, most of it at the Garrard County distillery Sazerac bought at auction...

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Benelli replaced the M2's Inertia Driven action with a gas system in the M2-G1 Tactical: twin short-stroke pistons, 7+1, no price freedomwire.news/article/ben…
Benelli Replaced the M2’s Inertia System With a Gas Piston and Called It the M2-G1 — FreedomWire

Benelli Replaced the M2’s Inertia System With a Gas Piston and Called It the M2-G1 — FreedomWire

The M2-G1 Tactical swaps the Inertia Driven action the M2 built its reputation on for a dual-piston Rear Piston Operated gas system, with the recoil spring sealed inside the stock.

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October's adjusted NICS checks: 1,402,422, up 7.9% on 2025 and the third-highest October ever. Total checks fell over 8% freedomwire.news/article/oct…
October Gun Checks Hit 1.4 Million — the Third-Biggest October on Record — FreedomWire

October Gun Checks Hit 1.4 Million — the Third-Biggest October on Record — FreedomWire

NSSF-adjusted NICS checks came in at 1,402,422 for October 2026, up 7.9% year on year and behind only 2020 and 2021 — even as total checks fell more than 8%.

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DOJ's firearm-rights restoration portal hit its 5,000-applicant cap on day one, 4 November. Starts, not approvals freedomwire.news/article/doj…
DOJ’s Firearm-Rights Restoration Portal Filled Its 5,000 Slots on Day One — FreedomWire

DOJ’s Firearm-Rights Restoration Portal Filled Its 5,000 Slots on Day One — FreedomWire

The Justice Department reopened the federal relief process out of the § 922(g) prohibited-person list on 4 November — and hit its 5,000-applicant ceiling the same day. The next public window is...

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