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Season 1 Episode 971
Until now, Alfred Barnard's classic book "The Whisky Distilleries of the United Kingdom" was the benchmark guide for whisky historians. Now, a collec…
4 years ago
Reviving the Cabrach with a Distillery
Season 1 Episode 970
The Cabrach region of Scotland's Highlands has a distilling history that goes back centuries, but The Cabrach has been left behind as other parts of …
4 years ago
An American Single Malt Outlier
Season 1 Episode 969
Phil Steger distills his single malt in the Scottish tradition at Minnesota's Brother Justus Distilling, but he's an outlier in the American Single M…
4 years ago
The State of Bourbon
Season 1 Episode 968
September is Bourbon Heritage Month, and while Bourbon can be made anywhere in the U.S., Kentucky is known as "the state of Bourbon." Bourbon makers …
4 years ago
One Family, One Farm, One Distillery
Season 1 Episode 967
The Scullys of County Cork have been farming the same land for nine generations over 350 years, but only in the last few years have they started dist…
4 years, 1 month ago
Brother's Bond: A Bourbon "Bromance"
Season 1 Episode 966
Actors Paul Wesley and Ian Somerhalder discovered their friendship and a mutual love of Bourbon on the set of "The Vampire Diaries" television series…
4 years, 1 month ago
Truffle Hunting for Whisky History
Season 1 Episode 965
Andrew Welford is described as a "truffle hunter" for whisky history, but his best find to date didn't sell for a penny. In fact, he donated an origi…
4 years, 1 month ago
Islay Boys, Islay whisky
Season 1 Episode 964
Scotland's Isle of Islay is known for its distilleries, and construction will begin soon on the island's 12th distillery near the shores of Laggan Ba…
4 years, 1 month ago
35 Years on Forty Creek
Season 1 Episode 963
Forty Creek master blender Bill Ashburn celebrated his 35th anniversary in the whisky business this week, and he's one of those blenders content to s…
4 years, 2 months ago
To Your Health!
Season 1 Episode 962
Alcohol has been used for medicinal purposes for centuries, even when the healers of history didn't always know they were distilling alcohol when the…
4 years, 2 months ago