Episode 197: April 26, 200920090426082100
Episode 197: April 26, 2009
April 26, 2009Alistair Darling, awards, Bacardi, Balvenie, Bourbon, Bourbon Country, Brown-Forman, Canada, charity, Chris Morris, competition, Dave Broom, David Mair, David Stewart, Derby, Diageo, events, Festival, Gavin Hewitt, horse, Louisville, LVMH, merger, mint julep, Scotch Whisky Association, Signature, Spirit of Toronto, stable, Stacey Yates, SWA, taxes, tourism, Travel, Urban Bourbon Trail, Whisky Magazine, Woodford Reserve, World Whiskies Awards0 comments
Last week, Scotland…this week, Kentucky! We’ll look at plenty of vacation options in and around Louisville in the heart of Bourbon Country...
Episode 175: November 30, 200820081129210100
Episode 175: November 30, 2008
November 29, 2008Alistair Darling, Amanda Hawk, anniversary, Auchentoshan, awards, Black Grouse, Glenlivet, Ian Buxton, Malt Maniacs, podcast, politics, Prohibition, Repeal, Serge Valentin, taxes0 comments
It’s time to announce the winners of the 2008 Malt Maniacs Awards, and Serge Valentin will join us with this year’s selections from his ho...
Episode 138: March 30, 200820080329224900
Episode 138: March 30, 2008
March 29, 2008Alistair Darling, awards, ban, Blended Malt, boycott, Bruichladdich, competition, David Williamson, debate, Derby, horse, labeling, Leroy Neiman, Mark Reynier, politics, protest, pub, regulation, San Francisco, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotch Whisky Law, Secretariat, standards, SWA, taxes, Utopia Bar, Vatted Malt, Woodford Reserve0 comments
In the last episode, I mentioned the growing controversy over proposed UK legislation that would set specific labeling standards for Scotch Whisky, in...
Episode 136: March 16, 200820080316124900
Episode 136: March 16, 2008
March 16, 20081608, Alistair Darling, Bank of Ireland, bartender, Blended Scotch, Bobby Gleason, Buffalo Trace, burglary, Bushmills, Castle Brands, Clontarf, Colum Egan, Coole Swan, Cooley, crystal malt, distillery, experiment, Forbes, fortune, French Oak, Glengoyne, Gordon & MacPhail, Guinness, Hankey Bannister, Harlen Wheatley, Inver House, Ireland, Irish, Kelley Spillane, Knappogue Castle, Liqueur, notes, politics, pound, protests, record, richest, Stuart Harvey, taxes, theft, UK, Vijay Mallya0 comments
In Part 2 of our series on Irish Whiskeys, we’ll hear from Bushmills master distiller Colum Egan. Colum was under pressure to come up with a spe...
Episode 132: February 17, 200820080216224800
Episode 132: February 17, 2008
February 16, 2008Aberdeen, Alistair Darling, anniversary, Australia, Bank of Ireland, Black Bowmore, Bruichladdich, Bushmills, cask sales, Clontarf, Graham Watson, Jack Daniel's, Jonny McCormack, Malt Advocate, notes, pound, pub, restaurant, Tasmania, taxes, Tennessee, The Grill, UK0 comments
The new issue of Malt Advocate magazine is out, and the cover story focuses on cask ownership programs. We’ll talk with writer Jonny McCormick, ...
Episode 78: February 11, 200720070211202400
Episode 78: February 11, 2007
February 11, 2007Alistair Darling, Bardstown, Bernheim, Bladnoch, Bourbon, Bruichladdich, carbon, Chris Morris, collecting, distillery, environment, Evan Williams, fire, Glenmorangie, Heaven Hill, history, Ileach, Islay, Jeffrey Topping, Jim McEwan, LCBO, Mark Reynier, Men of Tain, Ontario, Parker Beam, Pauline Ogilvie, Port Charlotte, Russia, single barrel, Spirit of Toronto, taxes, Toronto, Whisky Live, whisky school, Wild Scotsman, Woman of Tain, Woodford Reserve0 comments
The guys at Bruichladdich have never shied away from a challenge, and their latest goal is to bring whisky distilling back to the nearby town of Port ...