Preparing for Whisky’s Next Generation (Episode 682: February 25, 2018)20180225005718
Preparing for Whisky’s Next Generation (Episode 682: February 25, 2018)
February 25, 2018@garretmalt, @kingrhinola, @nevillem, @sipologyblog, Ardbeg, Ardbeg Committee, Argyll & Bute Council, Arran Whisky, Athgarret Malt, barrel sales, Beam Suntory, Bill Lumsden, Boston, Bottled in Bond, Bourbon, Cairdeas, Canada, Canadian Whisky, cat, Chapel Gate Whiskey Company, court, Crown Royal, Dave Pickerell, dog, Drew Mayville, Earth, Entrapment, EU, European Court of Justice, European Union, expansion, FarmStock, Feis Ile, fire, Five Virtues, Gimli, glen, Glen Buchenbach, Glen's Cask, Glencairn, GlenDronach, Glenturret, groovy, Hazlet Rye, Heaven Hill, induction, Irish Whiskey, Islay, Islay Festival of Malt & Music, Isle of Arran, J.J. Corry, John Campbell, Jon Kriedler, Josh Wright, Julio's Liquors, Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame, King Rhino, Lagg, Laphroaig, lawsuit, legal, Louise McGuane, Manitoba, Massachusetts, Metal, Metallica, Mickey Heads, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Montreal, mouser, music, Nik, Obey Your Master, Old Fitzgerald, Old Montreal Distillery, Old Overholt, Old Overholt Bonded, Orphan Barrel, Parker Beam, partnership, peanuts, pet, photo, Pittsburgh Whiskey Friends, planning permission, post office, Quebec, rock, Sazerac, Scotch, Scotch Whisky Association, Scott Ritenbaugh, song, SWA, Tal, Tattersall Distilling, Tattersall Rye, The Glenmorangie Company, Tom Dean @meerkat1984, Tomatin, Towser, Turret, Vermont, Waldhorn, water, Westborough, whiskey, Whiskey in the Jar, whisky, WhistlePig Farm, Whistlepig Rye, wood0 comments
Distillers like to say they’re not making whisky for themselves, but laying it down for future generations. Part of that process is identifying ...
A Whisky Journey (Episode 626: January 29, 2017)20170128224227
A Whisky Journey (Episode 626: January 29, 2017)
January 28, 2017@ECava, @WhiskyRI, #99 Red Cask, #thankyoutrump, Adam Caparelli, Adam Hannett, Adela, All-Star Game, André Girard, architecture, Asia-Pacific, Atlantic Sea Salt, ballot, Barrell Bourbon, Barrell Craft Spirits, Beam Suntory, Ben & Jerry's, Black Art, Bladnoch, Bob Dalgarno, Bogart's, Bond & Lillard, Bourbon, Bovey Tracey, Bowmore, Brexit, British Columbia, Bruichladdich, budget, Buffalo Trace, Bushmills, Campari America, Canada, Canadian, Casa Cuervo, Chancellor, charity, China, Chinese, craft, Dartmoor, Dartmoor Distillery, Dave Broom, David Prior, Devon, Diageo, Distilled Spirits Council, Don Julio, Don Livermore, Double Double Oaked, economic impact, Eddie McAffer, Eddie Russell, Edition #2, El Cellar de Can Roca, Emily Cavalier, England, Eric Gregory, excise taxes, exports, Fred Minnick, free trade, hockey, Humphrey Bogart, Ian MacMillan, ice cream, Ileachs, Irish Whiskey, Islay, Islay Heritage, Jimmy Russell, Joe Beatrice, John Campbell, John Paul DeJoria, Johnnie Walker, Joo Kim, Just-Drinks.com, KDA, Kentucky, Kentucky Artisan Distillery, Kentucky Bourbon Trail, Kentucky Distillers Association, Lagavulin, Laphroaig, Lawrenceburg, Lisbon, Louisville Convention & Visitors Bureau, Lunar New Year, Marcio Ramos, Master, Matthew Sammons, Michael Jacobsen, National Hockey League, NHL, Niagara, Nick Ligon, Old Ripy, Ontario, pagoda, Patron, Portugal, Pre-Prohibition, Prime Minister, Princetown, Princetown Distillers, Quebec, Rachel Barrie, Roca, ROK Drinks, Samsara, Scotch Whisky Association, Scottish, scuba diving, single barrel, small batch, Spain, Steve Loiaconi, Talia, The Macallan, The Whisky Exchange, Theresa May, Tim Knittel, Toronto, tourism, trade, trade agreements, trademark, Trans-Pacific Partnership, Travel, Tripp Stimson, Trump, Urban Bourbon, Urban Bourbon Trail, Vault Editions, Victoria, Victoria Whisky Festival, Virginia, Wayne Gretzky, whiskey, Whiskey Barons Series, whisky, whisky.auction, Wigtown, Wild Turkey, winery, Woodford Reserve0 comments
Marcio Ramos started his whisky journey as a bartender in his hometown of Lisbon, Portugal…but thought he’d left the whisky business behin...
Episode 600: July 31, 201620160730220424
Episode 600: July 31, 2016
July 30, 2016"Feel the Bern", "First Dude", "Madam President", Adrian Callus, Amanda Swift, Andrew Auwerda, Australia, Australian Malt Whisky Tasting Championship, Bill Clinton, Bluecoat Gin, Boston Legal, Brexit, Cairdeas, CNBC, craft distilling, Cutty Sark, Dallas Dhu, Dave Schmier, Democratic National Convention, Democrats, Denny Crane, Diageo, DISCUS, Distilled Spirits Council, DNC, Dripping Spring, earnings, Edrington, European Union, exports, Family Collector, Far North Spirits, Fireball, Fishtown, Forsyths, Glenfarclas, Great Britain, Hall-Wolford, hashtag, High West, Highland Park, Hillary Clinton, Historic Environment Scotland, Ivan Menezes, Jack Daniel's, Jacob Kinsey, James Spader, Japan, John Campbell, Kinsey, Kraig Naasz, Laphroaig, Linfield, Madeira, media kit, Michael Swanson, milestone, Minnesota, Mormon, museum, negotiations, New Liberty Distilling, Nick Swift, Nikka, Northern Liberties, Park City, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Distillers Guild, Phil Catelinet, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Distilling, politics, port, preservation, Presidential, Richard Lochhead, Robert Cassell, Røknar, sales, Speyside, Suntory, Swift, Sydney, Texas, The Famous Grouse, The Macallan, Tim Meushaw, time machine, time travel, Toki, Tokyo, trade, TV, Twitter, Utah, Valley Tan, Wanship, whiskey, whisky, William Shatner0 comments
Philadelphia has a long history of whisky distilling dating back to Colonial days, and craft distillers are reviving some of that history that died ou...
Episode 580: March 12, 201620160313034544
Episode 580: March 12, 2016
March 13, 2016@FLXDistilling, A Glass Apart, Aaron Barker, aboriginals, absconder, accent, ad, Ad Standards Board, Aldi, Alfred Barnard, Ally Alpine, anniversary, Ardbeg, Arran, Aston Martin, Australia, author, auto racing, banks, beer, Blue Patrol, book, Brian Kinsman, Bushmills, Carmel, Celtic Cask, Celtic Whiskey Shop, Commercial Court, craft, Crossfit, Dark Cove, Deanston, Diageo, discrimination, Dublin, Feis Ile, Finger Lakes Distilling, Fionnán O'Connor, Fire Edition, Force India F1, Formula One, Fuller's, geographical indicator, George Grant, Glenfarclas, Green Label, Heathrow, Highland Earl, Highland Park, historian, Ice Edition, India, Indiana, injunction, Ireland, Irish, Irish Whiskey, Irish Whiskey Experience, Islay Festival of Malt & Music, John Campbell, John Grant, John Lunn, John Quinn, Johnnie Walker, Killarney, Kingfisher, Lagavulin, Laphroaig, Larder, Lew Bryson, litigation, loans, Lore, Malbros, marathon, McLaren, medieval, moonshine, motorsports, organic, passport, Paul Grant, Pennsylvania, Popcorn Sutton, radio, Redbreast, Royal Arms, Scotch Whisky Association, settlement, Single Pot Still, sponsorship, Steamship Collection, Texas, The Whisky Exchange, Tom Normanly, Trinity College, Tullamore, Tullamore D.E.W., United Spirits, Valhalla Collection, vegan, verification, Vijay Mallya, whiskey, whisky, William Grant & Sons1 comment
There was once a time when Ireland’s single pot still whiskies were among the world’s most popular drams, but a combination of changing ta...
Episode 559: October 24, 201520151025021719
Episode 559: October 24, 2015
October 25, 2015@ScotchBlog, Amber Rock, Andrew Buchanan, Andrew Smith, Andy Cant, Baccarat, Beam Suntory, Bill Lumsden, Bourbon, Bourbon County, Bowmore, Brian Kinsman, Brora, Brown-Forman, Bruce Jardine, Caledonian, Cannes, Caol Ila, Cardhu, CBC, cease and desist, chemistry, Chris Morris, clothing, Colin Fultz, conflict of interest, crystal, Dailuane, Dalwhinnie, Deconstructed Series, Devil's Casks, Diageo, DISCUS, Distilled Spirits Council of the United States, Double the Devil, Douglas Laing & Co., Dublin, Elementary, Elements, expansion, First Chapter, France, Fred Minnick, Gentleman Jack, George Washington's Distillery, gift, Girvan, Glen Breton, Glenfiddich, Glenmorangie, Glenora, Golden Age of Travel, Gordon & MacPhail, Grant's, Greg Metze, groin punch, Gus Griffin, Hartfield & Company, Hartfield and Company, Heaven Hill, House of Hazelwood, Iain MacArthur, Indiana, infringment, IPO, Islay, Israel, Jameson, Janet Sheed Roberts, Jardine Reserve, John Campbell, John E. Fitzgerald Very Special Reserve, John MacDougall, Kentucky Gentleman, Kentucky Mist, Kininvie, Kirsty Clarke, Lagavulin, Laphroaig, Lauchie MacLean, law, Lawrenceburg, lawyers, legend, Lifehacker, Louis Royer, Lucy Doland, Masters Collection, media kit, Metze's Select, MGP, Mortlach, Mount Vernon, myth, Nordic, Norse, Nova Scotia, Old Fitzgerald, periodic table, Pittyvaich, Port Ellen, Rare Cask Black, samples, Sazerac, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, Seagram, seal, shares, shirts, Solera, Special Releases, Speyside, Stitzel-Weller, Suntory Holdings, swag, Sweet Corn, Takeshi Niinami, The Cally, The Gentleman Distillery, The Macallan, Torii, trademark, travel retail, Tsingtao, University of Kentucky, Virginia, Virginia Gentleman, Wall Street, Wall Street Journal, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Fairy, William Grant & Sons, WKYT, Woodford Reserve, Yoav Gelbfish, Yula1 comment
Andy Cant has been a Scotch Whisky nomad for nearly four decades, working at distilleries and maltings all over Scotland. He’s done everything f...
Episode 558: October 17, 201520151018022113
Episode 558: October 17, 2015
October 18, 2015A.M. Swope, Adam Hannett, Allan Logan, Andy Cant, anonymous, Ardbeg, Ardmore, Arran, attorney general, auction, Beam Suntory, Bill Lumsden, Billy Leighton, Boston, bottling plant, Bourbon, Bruichladdich, Buffalo Trace, Campari America, caption, Carl Reavey, charity, Col. E.H. Taylor, collectors, Compass Box, crash, Cumbria, Dave Pickerell, David Frost, David Stewart, Dick Mack's, Dingle, DISCUS, Distilled Spirits Council of the United States, Elgin, Elijah Craig, English Whisky Company, Family Reserve, George Washington, Gerald Glavota, Gilbert Curtsinger, Glenmorangie, GNS, grain neutral spirits, Heaven Hill, history, Houston, indictment, Irish Whiskey Awards, Jack Conway, James Anderson, Jim Beveridge, Jim McEwan, Joe Hyman, John Campbell, Joseph Hyman, judge, Julian Van Winkle III, Kansas, kilt, Laphroaig, lawyer, Lee Behar, Mark Williams, Matthijs van den Nouland, MGP, Michael Deresynski, Midleton Very Rare, Mike Raymond, Mount Vernon, Nikka, O.F.C., Old Rip Van Winkle, overturn, Pappy Van Winkle, PappyGate, Peter Cressy, prosecutors, Redbreast, Reserve 101, retirement, Richard Paterson, Royal Brackla, Scotch, Scotch Whisky Association, shortage, single malt, Skinner, Spirit of Mount Vernon, Spirit of Speyside Festival, Steve Bashore, Susann Estle-Cronau, tanker, text, The Balvenie, The Bothy, The DCS Compendium, The Lakes Distillery, The One, The Whisky Show London, theft, This is Not a Luxury Whisky, Thomas Wingate, tip, Tullamore Dew, vintage, vodka, Volkswagen, whiskey, Whyte & McKay, Wild Turkey, William Grant & Sons0 comments
George Washington’s Scottish distiller never made single malt whisky at Mount Vernon in the 18th Century, but Scottish distillers John Campbell,...
Scottish Distillers Unveil George Washington’s Single Malt for Charity20151013153138
Scottish Distillers Unveil George Washington’s Single Malt for Charity
October 13, 2015Andy Cant, Bill Lumsden, Cardhu, Dave Pickerell, David Frost, DISCUS, Distilled Spirits Council of the United States, estate, George Washington, George Washington's Distillery, Glenmorangie, history, John Campbell, Laphroaig, Mount Vernon, President, Scotch Whisky Association, Scotland, Spirit of Mount Vernon, SWA, whiskey, whisky0 comments
October 13, 2015 – George Washington never made single malt whiskey in the distillery on his Mount Vernon estate near Washington, but was one of...
Episode 557: October 10, 201520151011000058
Episode 557: October 10, 2015
October 11, 2015A Midsummer Night's Dream, A Midwinter Night's Dram, Aaron Barker, Andy Cant, appeal, Armagnac, Armagnac Castarède, auction, bar, Beam, Beam Suntory, Benjamin Herrera, Bill Lumsden, Booker's, Boss Hog, Bourbon, Bruichladdich, Cabinet, Calumet Farm, Cardhu, charity, Christmas Book, Christopher Winters, David Frost, David Perkins, Diageo, European Court of Justice, Florence Castarède, France, George Washington's Distillery, Glenfarclas, Glenmorangie, Global Alcohol Policy Conference, Hibiki, Hibiki Japanese Harmony, High West, holiday, Ichiro Akuto, Irish Whiskey, Islay, James Brown, Jefferson's Ocean, Jimmy Russell, John Campbell, Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame, Klaus Doblmann, Laphroaig, luxury, Mackmyra, Maureen Robinson, Michael Collins, minimum unit pricing, Mount Vernon, Neiman-Marcus, Octomore, Octomore Farm, Orphan Barrel, Pappy, Parker Beam, Philadelphia, politics, pricing, Romeo and Juliet, ruling, Sazerac, Scotch, Scotch Whisky Association, Scottish Court of Session, Scottish Government, Shakespeare, Shinji Fukuyo, Sidney Frank Importing Company, Spirit of Mount Vernon, Stagg, Stitzel-Weller, Supreme Court, Svensk Ek, Sweden, The Singleton of Glendullan, Tom Helt, trademark, travel retail, whiskey, whisky, Whistlepig Rye0 comments
It’s rare that we talk about spirits other than whiskies on WhiskyCast, but with many people complaining that rising prices for single malts are...
Episode 552: September 12, 201520150912224908
Episode 552: September 12, 2015
September 12, 2015Abbey Whisky, aging, Alba Reserve, anniversary, Anon, Ardbeg, Arran, Ballantine's, BenRiach, Bladnoch, Bourbon Cask Reserve, Buffalo Trace, Buffalo Trace Antique Collection, Bunnahabhain, Burn Stewart Distillers, Ceòbanach, Chivas Brothers, Circular Blending, Cooley, corrections, Deanston, Diageo, Douglas Laing, Eagle Rare, errado, experiment, extraction, Extraordinary Cask, Fred Laing, George T. Stagg, Gordon Motion, Hibernia Distillers, Hyde, Ian MacMillan, Illicit Stills, International Space Station, Ireland, Irish, Islay, John Campbell, Kiln Embers, Laphroaig, Laphroaig Live, Latada, Ledaig, Luke Tegner, M.B. Roland, Madeira, maturation, maturity, MB Roland, Michter's, micro-gravity, NanoRacks, NASA, Norman Lao, Northern Ireland, nosing, Open Space Agency, Paul Tomaszewski, Port Dundas, Portugal, Portugese, primer, Rademon Estate Distillery, Reserve Collection, retirement, Richard Betts, Robur Reserve, Ronnie Cox, Royal Salute, Sandy Hyslop, Sazerac Rye, science, Scott Rosenbaum, scratch and sniff, Seattle, Select Reserve, senses, Sherry Cask Reserve, Shortcross Gin, single grain, Smugglers Series, Space, space glass, Spain, Suntory, terpenes, The Antiquary, The Dalmore, The Eternal Reserve, The Glenrothes, Thomas H. Handy Sazerac Rye, Tomatin, US1, Vintage Reserve, webcast, Wemyss Malts, West Cork, Westland, William Larue Weller, zero gravity1 comment
The Glenrothes was one of the first Scotch Whisky distilleries to label its single malts with wine-style vintages instead of age statements. While the...
Laphroaig’s 18-Year-Old Stocks Drying Up20150910144938
Laphroaig’s 18-Year-Old Stocks Drying Up
September 10, 2015age statement, anniversary, Beam Suntory, inventory, Islay, John Campbell, Laphroaig2 comments
Updated September 11, 2015 – Laphroaig’s 18-year-old Islay single malt will be fading into history soon, just as peat smoke gradually fade...