Podcast Episodes

Meet Royal Barkla, the Whisky-Sniffing Robotic Dog

Season 1 Episode 1141

Leaking barrels have been a problem for whisky makers going back generations, and just finding the bad barrels is the biggest part of the problem. No…

9 months ago

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From Grain to Glass: The Estate Whiskey Alliance

Season 1 Episode 1140

Single Estate whiskies are made from grain grown at or close to a distillery, and there's a new coalition of distillers joined by the University of K…

9 months, 1 week ago

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Remembering Jim Cryle

Season 1 Episode 1139

This week, we'll mark the passing of longtime Glenlivet master distiller Jim Cryle, who ran the Speyside distillery from 1991 until his retirement in…

9 months, 1 week ago

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American Single Malts for a Scotch Lover's Taste

Season 1 Episode 1138

The latest collection of American Single Malts from Lost Lantern Whiskey is dubbed the "Scotch Lover's Collection," not because there are any inferre…

9 months, 3 weeks ago

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Not Your Typical Whisky Book

Season 1 Episode 1137

Mitch Bechard is a longtime Scotch Whisky brand ambassador, with years of service at Diageo and Glenfiddich. Now, he's written a rollicking memoir of…

9 months, 4 weeks ago

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A Bourbon-Free Whisky Festival

Season 1 Episode 1136

With no signs of an end to the U.S.-Canadian trade war in sight, the widespread boycott of American whiskies in Canada had an impact on this week's N…

10 months ago

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Celebrating 20 Years of WhiskyCast

Season 1 Episode 1135

This week, we're celebrating the 20th anniversary of the very first WhiskyCast episode in 2005. We'll hear from some longtime listeners, and chat wit…

10 months, 1 week ago

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A Manifesto for Danish Whisky

Season 1 Episode 1134

13 Danish distillers have laid the groundwork for what they hope will eventually be geographical indicator status for Danish whisky. They started wit…

10 months, 2 weeks ago

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A Taste of Tullibardine

Season 1 Episode 1133

Scotland's Tullibardine Distillery has been around since 1947, but has come into its own in recent years under the ownership of France's Picard famil…

10 months, 3 weeks ago

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A New Chapter for Westward Whiskey

Season 1 Episode 1132

Portland, Oregon-based Westward Whiskey filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last April seeking to restructure its finances. At the time, CEO Tom Mooney t…

11 months ago

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