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New Zealand's Whisky Boom
Season 1 Episode 861
It's been a year since we took WhiskyCast to New Zealand for the first time to do the show from Whisky Galore's DramFest in Christchurch just before …
5 years, 6 months ago
Silicon Valley's Single Malts
Season 1 Episode 860
Silicon Valley is the technology center of the world, but Virag Saksena has made the switch from mashing together code to mashing barley. He's a form…
5 years, 7 months ago
A Solution to Japan's Whisky Conundrum
Season 1 Episode 859
Japan's whiskies have been getting more attention on the world stage. While some "Japanese Whiskies" are rightly winning awards in major competitions…
5 years, 7 months ago
Another New Distillery for Islay
Season 1 Episode 858
Scotland's legendary whisky island is getting yet another new distillery. Local officials have approved the plans for the new Elixir Distillers proje…
5 years, 7 months ago
Ardbeg's Pirate Captain Sails Into the Sunset
Season 1 Episode 857
Mickey Heads retired recently after 13 years as Ardbeg's distillery manager and four decades of work at distilleries on Islay and Jura. Now, Ardbeg h…
5 years, 7 months ago
Asia's Whisky Capital
Season 1 Episode 856
Hong Kong has become a key center for the world's whisky makers, and we had more evidence of that this week. Gordon & MacPhail's new 72-year-old Glen…
5 years, 8 months ago
A Fèis-Less Islay Again in 2021
Season 1 Episode 855
For the second straight year, Islay's biggest party of the year has been cancelled because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Fèis Ile, the Islay Festival of …
5 years, 8 months ago
A Bright Future for The GlenAllachie
Season 1 Episode 854
It's been a little more than three years since Billy Walker and his partners acquired Scotland's Glenallachie Distillery from Chivas Brothers. What h…
5 years, 8 months ago
Distilling Irish Whiskey History
Season 1 Episode 853
Irish Whiskey makers once dominated the world with their single pot still whiskies, but the collapse of Ireland's whiskey industry a century ago cl…
5 years, 8 months ago
New Year, More WhiskyCast!
Season 1 Episode 852
Welcome to a new year, fans of the Water of Life! That's exactly what we'll be talking about on this week's WhiskyCast In-Depth. "The Water of Life" …
5 years, 9 months ago