The World’s Hottest Whisky? (Episode 655: August 20, 2017)20170820174609
The World’s Hottest Whisky? (Episode 655: August 20, 2017)
August 20, 2017An Cladach, Angarna, Astar, auction, baby, Baring, Ben Dean, Birthday Bourbon, Black Bowmore, Bonhams, Bourbon, Brexit, Brown-Forman, Bunnahabhain, Camus, Canton, Caol Ila, Carl Reavey, Chivas Brothers, cognac, collecting, Collectivum, contract, Cyril Camus, Dalmore, Diageo, Drew McKenzie-Smith, Dumbarton, Dunedin, duty free, Edinburgh, Europe, European Union, Evelyn Drumm, exports, Federation of Food & Drink, Food & Drink Federation, football, Glasgow, Glen Moray, Glen Scotia, GlenDronach, Glenfarclas, Glenmorangie, Glenrothes, goalkeeper, Gordon Casey, Hanyu, Heaven Hill, Hong Kong, Ian Chang, Irish Whiskey, IVF, Jackie Zykan, James Eadie, Jim Swan, Julio's Liquors, Karuizawa, Kavalan, Kentucky, Kilmalid, King Car, labor, labour, Lalique, Lambay, Lambay Island, Laurent Lacassagne, Lindores Abbey Distillery, Macallan, Manzanilla, Massachusetts, McTears, Megan Drumm, Michael Williams, Mike Drumm, Missouri, negotiations, New Zealand, New Zealand Whisky Company, Octomore, Ohio, Old Forester, Old Rip Van Winkle, Oldham, Otago, Ozark, Paisley, Parker Beam, Parker's Heritage Collection, pound, Revelstoke Trust, Robin Laing, Roseisle, Royal Mile Whiskies, Scotch Whisky, Scotland, second-fill virgin cask, soccer, Solist, Special Releases, Spirit of Whisky Fringe, Stockholm, Sweden, T.T. Lee, Taipei, Taiwan, Talisker, Tomatin, trade, travel retail, union, Unite, Victoriana, Virgin Oak, Walsall FC, Westborough, whiskey, whisky, Whisky Fringe, Y.T. Lee0 comments
Since our first visit to Taiwan’s King Car Distillery in 2011, its Kavalan single malts have arguably become some of the most-acclaimed whiskies...
Episode 604: August 28, 201620160828095506
Episode 604: August 28, 2016
August 28, 2016A.D. Rattray, Adalen, Adam Moore, Adelphi, Akkurat, Alex Bruce, Australia, Balblair, barrel, blending, Bonneville Salt Flats, Booker Noe. Bluegill Creek, Booker's, Box Distillery, Brown-Forman, bureaucracy, coopering, Coopers' Craft, Cross, customer casks, Dalvve, Douglas Laing & Co., Edinburgh, England, export, fishing, Flavour Behaviour, Ger Buckley, Glasgow. Clydeside, Glen Garioch, Glenglassaugh, Hanyu, High Coast, Holyrood Park Distillery, Inver House Distillers, Irish Whiskey, Jameson, Kentucky, land speed record, laws, Longmorn, Matt Kleinman, Mizunara Oak, Mongolian Oak, Morrison Bowmore Distillers, Morrison Glasgow Distillers, motorcycle, motorsports, Old Pulteney, Patrick Maguire, personality, Project 63, psychologist, pushrod, racing, Ralfy Mitchell, Red Head, Red Tape Follies, regulatons, research, retail, River Clyde, Roger Melander, Royal Mile Whiskies, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, Scotland, shipping, SMWS, Spirit of Whisky Fringe, Stockholm, Sullivan's Cove, Suntory, Sweden, Swedish, Systembolaget, Tasmania Distillery, test, The Cooper's Croze, The Glover, Thomas Larsson, Tim Morrison, Timorous Beastie, Tomatin, University of Edinburgh, Utah, Walsh Whiskey Company, Whiskey Makers Series, Whisky Fringe, Woodford Reserve, Writers Tears0 comments
This week, we’re in Sweden visiting Box Distillery for a follow-up to our 2014 visit, and Box is making some big changes six years after it open...
Episode 549: August 22, 201520150823015507
Episode 549: August 22, 2015
August 23, 2015Annasach, Avianna Wolfe, Benromach, BevMo, Binny's, Blood Oath, Bomberger, Bowmore, Brent Elliott, Brian Kinsman, Chatham Imports, Chief Rabbinate, David Tjeder, Emerson Lamb, Finger Lake Distilling, Four Roses, Fred Minnick, Fujikai, Ghosted Reserve, Gordon & MacPhail, Heaven Hill, Hoquiam, IBBL Spirits, Israel, Italy, Jewish, Jim Rutledge, John Rempe, Johnnie Walker, Kashrut, Kingsbarns, Kosher, Limited Edition Small Batch, Linlithgow, Littlemill, Matt Hofmann, Mizunara, Monde Shuzo, OK Kosher Organization, Olympic Peninsula, Panecco, peat, Puni, rabbi, Rare Cask Reserves, Rebel Yell, Seattle, Sjoerd de Haan, Skagit Valley, SoDo, Spec's, St. Magdalene, Stockholm, Stoll & Wolfe, Suntory, Sweden, Total Wine, Tracie Franklin, Trader Joe's, Washington, Washington State University, Westland, Whisky-Ji, William Grant & Sons0 comments
Many American craft distillers produce single malt whiskies, but Seattle’s Westland Distillery is one of the few that only produces single malts...
Episode 514: January 3, 201520150103221243
Episode 514: January 3, 2015
January 3, 2015Anne Marsden, anniversary, Asahi, Balcones, Ben Nevis, birth, Brian Nation, British Columbia, buyout, Chip Tate, Christina Philburn, construction, dispute, distillery, Dublin, Facebook, financing, Friends of Laphroaig, Glencairn, GlenDronach, Green Spot, Irish Distillers, Irish Whiskey, Islay, Jameson, John Campbell, Jon Birkbeck, Kamloops, Laphroaig, Laphroaig Live, Laurie Harder, likes, Little Bay, Masataka Taketsuru, meeting, Midleton, Midleton Very Rare, Mitchell & Son, Miyagikyo, New Year's, Nikka, Oban, obituary, Pierre Weydert, Rhode Island, Rita Taketsuru, Robert Chesney, Robert Mitchell, Rose Blackmore, Scott Mansfield, social media, South Wales Whisky Interest Group, Spokane Whisky Club, Stockholm, Switzerland, Takeshi Taketsuru, Tate & Company, Twitter, Waco, whisky clubs, whiskytalks, Yellow Spot, Zurich0 comments
Irish whiskey will take another step in 2015 with the first exports of Yellow Spot to the US market, still the strongest market in the world for Irish...
Episode 509: December 6, 201420141207010959
Episode 509: December 6, 2014
December 7, 2014affidavit, Allt om Whisky, Arctic Circle, Balcones, Bombay Sapphire, Box, brewery, Bruichladdich, cave, Chip Tate, conflict, Dant, Diageo, dispute, distillery, divorce, Emma Andersson, Famous Moose, Fellowship of the Still, Fife, Fionnán O'Connor, Garda, Gardai, Glencairn, golf, Greg Allen, Guinness, Hälge, Herno, investors, Ireland, Irish, Jack Daniel's, Jameson, Kingsbarns, lawschooldrunk, lawsuit, Leeds, Limestone Branch, Lisa Wicker, Luxco, Mackmyra, Magnus Dandanell, Mark Reynier, memo, Moose, non-compete, Open Championship, Parliament, Paul Beam, police, Precinct No. 6, restraining order, robbery, Roger Melander, settlement, St. Andrew's, Steve Beam, Stockholm, Stockholm Wine Lab, Sweden, Swedish, Systembolaget, Texas, theft, Twitter, Waco, warehouse, Waterford, Wemyss Malts, William Wemyss, Yellowstone0 comments
In the first of this week’s two episodes of WhiskyCast, we’ll travel to Sweden to look at two of the country’s whisky distilleries. ...
Episode 505: November 8, 201420141109013129
Episode 505: November 8, 2014
November 9, 2014air freshener, Alexander Grant Gordon, Andy Nash, Angus MacRaild, Ardmore, Ardmore Traditional, Ardshiel Hotel, Award, bar, Barack Obama, Bere, Boss Hog, Bourbon Summit, Box, Bruichladdich, Bunnahabhain, Bushmills, cabinets, camp out, Campbeltown, Canada, Casa Cuervo, Ceòbanach, charity, Charles Brown, Charles Gordon, Cincinnati, Coffey, collapse, Colum Egan, critic, Dave Pickerell, Diageo, disclosure, Don Julio, Dornoch Castle Hotel, Drumnadrochit, election, environment, Fiddlers Inn, fish, Fishky, flavorings, fundraiser, Glenfiddich, habitat, Herno, Ian MacMillan, Inver House, Isle of Arran, Jello, Jim McEwan, Jon Beach, Justin Victor, Keith Kerkhoff, label, Legacy, lines, Loch Ness, loss, Louisville, Macallan, Mackmyra, Mario Testino, Masters of Photography, Meta, Mitch McConnell, Mortimer, Newport, Nikka, opinion, Orkney, Pappy Fever, Pappy Van Winkle, Party Source, Peter Grant Gordon, Phil Thompson, photo, politics, Polly Burns, print, provincial, Republican, River Spey, Scott Bush, Scott Rogers, Scottish Field, Scottish Licensed Trade News, Senate, shelving, Simon Thompson, Spey Foundation, Speyburn, Stockholm, Sweden, Templeton Rye, The Ardmore, Tullamore Dew, Velvet Fig, visit, Wemyss Malts, Whisky Sponge, Whistlepig, Whitehorse, wildlife, William Grant & Sons, WindyBore, Yukon0 comments
This episode marks the end of our 9th year, and we’ll hear from two of the more outspoken voices in the whisky world on this week’s Whisky...
Episode 498: September 26, 201420140926213705
Episode 498: September 26, 2014
September 26, 2014Alan Winchester, Alex Salmond, anCnoc, Angel's Envy, Angry Salmond, Ardbeg, attorney, auction, auctioneer, Bonhams, Boston, Bremont, Brown-Forman, Buffalo Trace Antique Collection, Caramel, Cask Masters, charity, Chicago, China, Chivas Regal, Chris Morris, Christopher McNair, claims, class action, Cleveland, Compass Box, Cook County Chancery Court, data, David DeFazio, Douglas Laing & Co. McGibbon's, Early Times, Edelson, Eleuthera, experiment, export, Feis Ile, First Minister, France, fraud, Friends of Laphroaig, George T. Stagg, Gleneagles, Glenmorangie, golf, Harrod's, HM Revenue & Customs, Indiana, International Space Station, Iowa, Islay, Islay Festival of Malt & Music, job swap, Joe Hyman, John Campbell, Joseph Hyman, Keith Kerkhoff, KFC Yum! Center, Kirby, labeling, Laphroaig, Laphroaig Live, lawschooldrunk, lawsuit, lawyer, litigation, London, Louisville, Louisville Slugger Field, Main Street, Mike Barber, natural color, Nicola Sturgeon, Old Forester, orbit, Richard Paterson, Ryder Cup, Scotch, Scotch Whisky Association, Scott Bush, Scott Spolverino, Simon Brooking, Skinner, Space, Stockholm, Supernova, Sweden, Taghta, Templeton Rye, The Glenlivet, The Lost Blend, The Whisky Exchange, The Whisky Show, Tom Lix, trade, TTB, Vinopolis, vintage, Whiskey Row, Winchester Collection, Woodford Reserve, Wyoming, Wyoming Whiskey0 comments
With all of the issues being raised over whisky labeling in the US and a new lawsuit challenging claims on Templeton Rye’s labels, we’ll h...
Laphroaig To Add New Expressions For 200th Anniversary Year20140924233602
Laphroaig To Add New Expressions For 200th Anniversary Year
September 24, 2014Beam Suntory, Feis Ile, Friends of Laphroaig, Islay, Islay Festival of Malt & Music, John Campbell, Laphroaig, Laphroaig Live, Philadelphia, Simon Brooking, Stockholm, Sweden0 comments
September 24, 2014 – Laphroaig Distillery will celebrate its 200th anniversary in 2015, and Beam Suntory plans several new expressions to debut ...
Update: Search Continues for Toronto Whisky Thief in Glenfiddich 50 Heist20130426143335
Update: Search Continues for Toronto Whisky Thief in Glenfiddich 50 Heist
April 26, 2013Canada, Glenfiddich, Gordon & MacPhail, Heather McGregor, LCBO, Mortlach, Ontario, police, shoplifting, Stockholm, Symposion, theft, Toronto0 comments
Updated April 26, 2013 – Police in Toronto are still looking for a man who stole a $26,000 (CDN) bottle of Glenfiddich 50-year-old Scotch from t...