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Nearest Green's Legacy Gets a New Home (WhiskyCast Episode 675: January 7, 2018)
Season 1 Episode 675
Last November, Fawn Weaver told us about her mission to spread the story of Nathan "Nearest" Green, the former slave who became Jack Daniel's first d…
8 years, 9 months ago
A Peek Inside the Irish Whiskey Archive (WhiskyCast Episode 674: December 31, 2017)
Season 1 Episode 674
Much of whisky's early history is documented only in tales, with few written records that have survived the centuries. In some cases, though, the d…
8 years, 9 months ago
Meet "The Gatekeeper of the Grains" (WhiskyCast Episode 673: December 24, 2017)
Season 1 Episode 673
Distilleries need tons of grain to make their whiskies, and the responsibility for making sure that grain meets quality control standards falls on "T…
8 years, 9 months ago
New Tricks for an Old Elk (WhiskyCast Episode 672: December 17, 2017)
Season 1 Episode 672
Greg Metze spent years making whisky near the banks of the Ohio River, but he never really got the recognition he deserved because his distillery w…
8 years, 9 months ago
Women in Whiskey, Sisters in Suds (WhiskyCast Episode 671: December 10, 2017)
Season 1 Episode 671
This week, the New York Times marked the anniversary of the end of Prohibition with a special event at one of America's few women-owned distilleries,…
8 years, 9 months ago
Snowflakes in the Forecast ... and Whiskey Lovers in Line (WhiskyCast Episode 670: December 3, 2017)
Season 1 Episode 670
Colorado's ski resorts wish they had lift lines as long as the one that stretched down Kalamath Street in Denver Saturday morning, when hundreds of w…
8 years, 10 months ago
Wick's Whisky Wizard: Pulteney's Malcolm Waring (WhiskyCast Episode 669: November 26, 2017)
Season 1 Episode 669
Pulteney Distillery manager Malcolm Waring wasn't born in Wick, Scotland, but there's no place he'd rather be three decades after getting his first j…
8 years, 10 months ago
A Spirited Time in New Brunswick (WhiskyCast Episode 668: November 19, 2017)
Season 1 Episode 668
This time around, we're on location at the New Brunswick Spirits Festival in Fredericton, New Brunswick...and if you think we get around a lot, spare…
8 years, 10 months ago
12 Years of Whisky Podcasts...and We're Still Here! (WhiskyCast Episode 667: November 12, 2017)
Season 1 Episode 667
The very first episode of WhiskyCast was on November 12, 2005, and twelve years later, we've been around long enough to have an age statement! Back…
8 years, 10 months ago
The Tale of "Uncle Nearest" and a Whiskey Legacy (WhiskyCast Episode 666: November 5, 2017)
Season 1 Episode 666
In 2015, Brown-Forman acknowledged what had been an open secret around Lynchburg, Tennessee for generations - that Jack Daniel's distilling mentor …
8 years, 11 months ago