Episode 536: May 23, 201520150524000406
Episode 536: May 23, 2015
May 24, 2015anniversary, Anthony Bourdain, Ardbeg Perpetuum, Arran, arrest, artisan, barbecue sauce, Barrelhead, Barry Crockett, Benromach, Bill Lumsden, Brian Williams, Bruichladdich, Buffalo Trace, Caol Ila, Chivas Brothers, David Wood, Derek Mather, Douglas MacArthur, Eddie Russell, Ernest Hemingway, Errol Flynn, Experimental Collection, explosion, Facebook, fantasy, Feis Ile, fire, fire marshal, Forres, Frank Sinatra, French Oak, Gilbert Curtsinger, Gordon & MacPhail, grand jury, Hearach, Humphrey Bogart, Iain MacArthur, Ian Chang, indictment, investigation, Islay, Islay Festival of Malt & Music, Isle of Harris, Jay Rogers, Jeffrey Lohr, Jimmy Russell, Julie Curtsinger, Justin Victor, Kavalan, Keith Cruickshank, Kilchoman, Kyle Rogers, Lagavulin, lawsuit, lawyer, Leslie Wright, Lucille Ball, Master's Keep, Michael Jackson, Mickey Mantle, Mike Farley, Mike Ross, Octomore, PappyGate, Revenoor Stills, Rodolfo Alvarado, Ron Burgundy, Rowan Atkinson, Sammy Hagar, Silver Trail Distillery, Spencer Balentine, Speyside, Spirit of Speyside Festival, steroids, Steve Gormley, tasting panel, Terry Wilhelm, theft, Urquhart, White Stags, Wild Turkey0 comments
Gordon & MacPhail reopened Benromach Distillery in Speyside in 1998 after 15 years of inactivity, and Keith Cruickshank has been there since the s...
This Week’s New Whiskies20150522153341
This Week’s New Whiskies
May 22, 2015anniversary, Arran, Bourbon, Buffalo Trace, CalMac, Caol Ila, classic malts, David Wood, Diageo, Distiller's Edition, Eddie Russell, Experimental Collection, Feis Ile, ferry, French Oak, Glasgow, Glenegedale Airport, Iain MacArthur, Islay, Islay Festival of Malt & Music, Isle of Arran, Jimmy Russell, Kilchoman, Lagavulin, Master's Keep, Oran Mor, security, White Stags, Wild Turkey0 comments
May 22, 2015 – Here’s a roundup of new whiskies announced this week… On this week’s episode of WhiskyCast, we had hints of the...
New Whiskies From Auchentoshan, Lagavulin, Caol Ila, & Buffalo Trace20140526185524
New Whiskies From Auchentoshan, Lagavulin, Caol Ila, & Buffalo Trace
May 26, 2014American Oak, Auchentoshan, Billy Stitchell, Buffalo Trace, Caol Ila, David Wood, Experimental Collection, Feis Ile, Iain McArthur, Islay, Islay Festival of Malt & Music, Lagavulin0 comments
May 26, 2014 – Here’s the latest on new whiskies, with two Feis Ile bottlings from Lagavulin and Caol Ila, a new Auchentoshan, and three B...
Episode 480: May 24, 201420140523124508
Episode 480: May 24, 2014
May 23, 2014administration, Armorik, Armstrong, Arran Brewery, Ayami Nakao, Beam Suntory, Beith, Bernheim, Billy Stitchell, black mold. baudonia, Bladnoch, Bowling Green, Breton, Brown-Forman, Buffalo Trace, Cairdeas, Caol Ila, Cedar Ridge, Chivas Brothers, Corsair, Crown Club, Crown Royal, Dan Garrison, David Wood, Diageo, Ernst & Young, Experimental Collection, Feis Ile, Fellowship of the Still, France, fungus, Garrison Brothers, Hakushu, Heaven Hill, Hibiki, Houston, Iain McArthur, Ian Hunter, Iowa, Islay, Islay Festival of Malt & Music, Jack Daniel's, John Campbell, judge, Lagavulin, Laphroaig, lawsuit, Leeds, Mexcor, Mike Raymond, Nashville, Orphan Barrel, Popcorn Sutton, Reserve 101, Rhetoric, Seiichi Koshimizu, Simon Brooking, Suntory, trademark, vapors, whisky club, Willowyard, Yamazaki0 comments
Seiichi Koshimizu has been making whisky at Suntory for 41 years, and became the company’s chief blender in 1991. Over the years, he’s bee...
Diageo Names Billy Stitchell’s Successor at Caol Ila20131025104427
Diageo Names Billy Stitchell’s Successor at Caol Ila
October 25, 2013Billy Stitchell, Caol Ila, David Wood, Diageo, Georgie Crawford, Islay, Lagavulin, Nick Morgan0 comments
October 25, 2013 – With longtime Caol Ila distillery manager Billy Stitchell set to retire at the end of the year, Diageo has named David Wood t...
Episode 273: August 8, 201020100808021500
Episode 273: August 8, 2010
August 8, 2010Amrut, Arran, Ashok Chokalingham, auction, Belgium, BenRiach, Black Diamond, Bruichladdich, Bunnahabhain, Bushmills, Canadian, Canadian Mist, Canadian Whisky, charity, Charity: Water, Chloe Kelbie, Czech, David Fenkell, David Wood, Davin de Kergommeaux, expansion, GlenDronach, Hammer Head, Heaven Hill, Jeff Berlat, Octomore, Paul McDonagh, Proof Whisky, Queen of the Moorlands, ringtone, Stock Spirits, Stuart Robson, The Balvenie, Tom Ollieuz, Tony Roberts, Tyler Allison, Ugly Betty, Water of Life, Whyte & Mackay0 comments
“Hammer Head” sounds like the name for a Caribbean rum, not a whisky. In this case, it’s not a shark reference, but the name of a lo...
Episode 261: May 28, 201020100528144700
Episode 261: May 28, 2010
May 28, 2010Andrew Brown, Black Bottle, Bunnahabhain, camping, charity, David Wood, Feis Ile, Festival, food, Frank Davenport, Helen Davenport, Ileachs, Islay, music, Queen of the Moorlands, Robin Morton, Skerryvore, The Wine Shop, Toiteach0 comments
The road to Bunnahabhain Distillery is four miles long, and full of twists and turns. The views are stunning, though…and the whisky’s pret...