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Tongue Tangled: Pronunciation Masterclass with Gillian Kirkland
Episode 11
Whisky makers don't make it easy, do they? Bunnahabhain. Glen Garioch. Ledaig.
Even the most popular ones can be hard to get your tongue around. Is it…
1 year, 6 months ago
California Dramming with Chris Cusiter
Episode 10
Nine years ago, former Scotland rugby international Chris Cusiter retired from the professional game and moved out west.
Way out west... California we…
1 year, 6 months ago
Robin Laing & The Cure For Which There's No Disease
Episode 9
"It's the pulse of one small nation
So much more than just a dram..."
For almost 30 years Robin Laing, "The Whisky Bard", has been trying to capture th…
1 year, 6 months ago
Down the Farm: Kilchoman Distillery
Episode 8
“A lot of people thought it was a very stupid decision essentially,” Peter Wills recalls the reaction to his dad Anthony’s plan to start a new distil…
1 year, 7 months ago
It’s in the Glass: Glencairn Crystal
Episode 7
What's in the glass? And why does it matter?
No we're not talking about the whisky... but the actual glass your whisky's in.
Why?
Well in earlier episod…
1 year, 7 months ago
Gillian Kirkland: Scotland's Whisky Guru 2024
Episode 6
Gillian Kirkland never planned to run a whisky bar. But when her husband died in 2014, she inherited his pub on Glasgow's George Square and decided t…
1 year, 7 months ago
Ardgowan Distillery: A Slice of the Spey on the River Kip?
Episode 5
"Eight years, six prime ministers, a pandemic, a cost of living crisis, and now a heart attack."
No wonder two of the biggest names in the Scotch whis…
1 year, 7 months ago
Loch Lomond Distillery
Episode 4
Is the tipple in your glass just the product of the cask? Or does the still play some big part?
Join John as he and Master Blender Max McFarlane chat …
1 year, 8 months ago
Max McFarlane: Master Blender
Episode 3
Popcorn.
That’s right. Popcorn.
As the former Keeper of the Quaich at Edrington, Master Blender Max McFarlane has worked with some of the most famous…
1 year, 8 months ago
Robert Burns & Whisky
Episode 2
“Whisky and freedom gang thegither!,” declared Robert Burns, Scotland’s national poet.
But why and how do they go together?
In this episode John Beatti…
1 year, 8 months ago