WhiskyCast
Episodes
WhiskyCast Episode 56: September 5, 2006
04 Sep 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Five years ago, the stills at Islay's Bruichladdich Distillery roared back to life. The spirit produced on May 29, 2001 is now making its way into the...
WhiskyCast Episode 55: August 28, 2006
27 Aug 2006
Contributed by Lukas
It's not often that The Glenlivet introduces a new single malt, but that's what's happening this week! We'll get an update from The Glenlivet's Andy N...
WhiskyCast Episode 54: August 22, 2006
21 Aug 2006
Contributed by Lukas
More from the WhiskyCast Book Club in this episode...Misako Udo's passion for whisky has landed her a publishing deal for "The Scottish Whisky Distill...
WhiskyCast Episode 53: August 13, 2006
13 Aug 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Every whisky lover has a special preference...water or no water...ice or no ice...and then there's the glass. We'll look at the choices whisky lovers ...
WhiskyCast Episode 52: August 6, 2006
06 Aug 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Last year, 250,000 people visited the Scotch Whisky Heritage Centre on Edinburgh's Royal Mile. The tour includes a free dram of Scotch, and that's a l...
WhiskyCast Episode 51: July 30, 2006
30 Jul 2006
Contributed by Lukas
In part two of our series on whisky tasting for beginners, award-winning whisky writer Dave Broom offers his advice for beginners, as well as some cri...
WhiskyCast Episode 50: July 22, 2006
22 Jul 2006
Contributed by Lukas
It's a milestone for WhiskyCast, and we'll mark the occasion by going back to basics with a lesson on whisky tasting and nosing for beginners. Our gui...
WhiskyCast Episode 49: July 15, 2006
15 Jul 2006
Contributed by Lukas
I'll admit to skipping a few classes now and then in college, but then, none of my classes were held in a distillery! Jeff Topping of Wild Scotsman ha...
WhiskyCast Episode 48: July 8, 2006
08 Jul 2006
Contributed by Lukas
There's no arguing that John Glaser of Compass Box is one of the whisky industry's leading innovators, but John's latest creation has been pulled off ...
WhiskyCast Episode 47: July 1, 2006
01 Jul 2006
Contributed by Lukas
WhiskyCast hits the road again, this time to the luxurious New York Yacht Club. Glasgow is sponsoring one of the ships sailing in the Clipper Round th...
WhiskyCast Episode 46: June 28, 2006
28 Jun 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Time for a chapter from the WhiskyCast Book Club...back in 1930, a Scotsman going by the name of Aeneas MacDonald wrote the first book on whisky aimed...
WhiskyCast Episode 45: June 21, 2006
21 Jun 2006
Contributed by Lukas
It's the first day of summer in the Northern Hemisphere, and many whisky lovers are thinking of their summer vacations. More Scotch distilleries are t...
WhiskyCast Episode 44: June 10, 2006
10 Jun 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Whisky and charity often go hand in hand, as whisky lovers raise thousands of dollars for those in need every year. In this episode, we'll hear from I...
WhiskyCast Episode 43: June 4, 2006
05 Jun 2006
Contributed by Lukas
It's easy to stick to the official distillery bottlings of whiskies, but a visit to specialty shops may pique your curiosity with independent bottling...
WhiskyCast Episode 42: May 24, 2006
24 May 2006
Contributed by Lukas
It's time for the annual Islay Festival of Malt and Music, and that also means a bit of madness on the island...everything from sheepdog trials to a v...
WhiskyCast Episode 41: May 21, 2006
20 May 2006
Contributed by Lukas
New York's a city full of whisky drinkers, but most of them only think of Scotch Whisky. LeNell Smothers is on a one-woman mission to change all that....
WhiskyCast Episode 40: May 17, 2006
17 May 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Japanese whiskies are a mystery to many whisky lovers, and we'll get some insight to these special malts from Suntory consultant Lincoln Henderson, wh...
WhiskyCast Episode 39: May 10, 2006
10 May 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Whisky is a passion for distillers, but it's also a science...and good scientists experiment to see what might make a good whisky and what won't. Harl...
WhiskyCast Episode 38: May 4, 2006
04 May 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Laphroaig has been making whisky for nearly 200 years, but until now, no native of Islay has ever served as the distillery manager there. John Campbel...
WhiskyCast Episode 37: April 28, 2006
27 Apr 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Canadians take pride in their whisky, but one very special whisky often goes overlooked on store shelves. That's a mistake, though...Alberta Premium w...
WhiskyCast Episode 36: April 24, 2006
24 Apr 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Jeff Topping traveled from Ohio to Scotland to explore his family's heritage, and wound up as the "Wild Scotsman", producing his own line of independe...
WhiskyCast Episode 35: April 19, 2006
18 Apr 2006
Contributed by Lukas
There's only one man living who can claim to have managed distilleries in all five of Scotland's whisky-producing regions, and you'll hear his story o...
WhiskyCast Episode 34: April 12, 2006
12 Apr 2006
Contributed by Lukas
It's a big weekend in Kentucky, as Maker's Mark celebrates Thoroughbreds & Redheads Weekend. We'll get the details from Master Distiller Dave Pickerel...
WhiskyCast Episode 33: April 9, 2006
09 Apr 2006
Contributed by Lukas
The biggest WhiskyCast yet! Part two of the Jim Murray interview, along with a roundup of new whiskies from the recent Whisky Live New York. We'll hav...
WhiskyCast Episode 32: April 5, 2006
05 Apr 2006
Contributed by Lukas
You may love him...you may hate him...but you've probably got a copy of his Whisky Bible on the shelf. Jim Murray talks about he became the first full...
WhiskyCast Episode 31: April 1, 2006
31 Mar 2006
Contributed by Lukas
No April Fool's Day jokes in this episode...just cask-strength whisky news! The winners of the annual San Francisco World Spirits Competition have bee...
WhiskyCast Episode 30: March 29, 2006
29 Mar 2006
Contributed by Lukas
The numbers are in for 2005, and Scotch distillers had one of the best years on record -- despite sales declines in Europe. We'll get the details, alo...
WhiskyCast Episode 29: March 21, 2006
21 Mar 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Tullibardine Distillery in the Scottish Highlands is making up for lost time after reopening in 2003, and we'll get an update from veteran distillery ...
WhiskyCast Episode 28: March 17, 2006
16 Mar 2006
Contributed by Lukas
WhiskyCast goes on location to Fitzer's Bar at the Fitzpatrick Hotel on Madison Avenue in New York City...right along the parade route for New York's ...
WhiskyCast Episode 27: March 14, 2006
14 Mar 2006
Contributed by Lukas
The title "Best Whisky Bar in the World" is sought by many, earned by few. This year, Whisky Magazine's Icons of Whisky award went to The Pot Still in...
WhiskyCast Episode 26: March 8, 2006
08 Mar 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Time for an update on new whiskies heading for your local bar or retailer, including the 2006 lineup for Diageo's Classic Malts and Rare Malts series ...
WhiskyCast Episode 25: March 6, 2006
06 Mar 2006
Contributed by Lukas
It's a milestone of sorts for WhiskyCast, with 25 episodes now on the web! We'll celebrate independent spirit in this episode. Bruichladdich's Mark Re...
WhiskyCast Episode 24: March 2, 2006
02 Mar 2006
Contributed by Lukas
This cask-strength episode spans the globe, from controversies in India to whiskies that are fiery and smoky in Islay. We'll also re-visit an old frie...
WhiskyCast Episode 23: February 24, 2006
23 Feb 2006
Contributed by Lukas
What's a whisky lover to do when tasting and collecting just aren't enough? How about taking the ultimate distillery tour...where you actually work at...
WhiskyCast Episode 22: February 18, 2006
17 Feb 2006
Contributed by Lukas
In the last episode, we discussed the controversy in Greece and India over an Athens bar display featuring a Hindu goddess carrying bottles of Souther...
WhiskyCast Episode 21: February 14, 2006
14 Feb 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Whisky inspires passion, and we'll get the proof on this episode of WhiskyCast. Why else would a man release a special single malt to honor his great-...
WhiskyCast Episode 20: February 9, 2006
09 Feb 2006
Contributed by Lukas
The next few weeks will be full of whisky events around the world, and we'll find out more about Whisky Live, the Whiskies of the World Expo, and Whis...
WhiskyCast Episode 19: February 4, 2006
04 Feb 2006
Contributed by Lukas
It's Super Bowl weekend in the US, and we'll get some tips for planning the big event from Brown-Forman's CEO -- "Chief Entertaining Officer" Tim Lair...
WhiskyCast Episode 18: February 1, 2006
31 Jan 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Internet whisky forums are buzzing with rumors about the fate of The Balvenie Founder's Reserve, and we'll have the answer to those rumors directly fr...
WhiskyCast Episode 17: January 28, 2006
28 Jan 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Plenty of new developments to talk about in this episode...new leadership in place at the Scotch Whisky Association, Johnnie Walker honored in an unus...
WhiskyCast Episode 16: January 24, 2006
23 Jan 2006
Contributed by Lukas
It's time to celebrate one of Scotland's legends...the poet Robert Burns. While Burns Night is associated with Scotch Whisky, only one distillery is a...
WhiskyCast Episode 15: January 22, 2006
22 Jan 2006
Contributed by Lukas
We'll span the world in this episode, and hear the story of a Kentucky lawyer who took his great-great-grandfather's whiskey formula and turned it int...
WhiskyCast Episode 14: January 18, 2006
18 Jan 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Bowmore's new visitors center will open later this year, and one of the key exhibits will be something most distilleries can only dream of: a nearly-c...
WhiskyCast Episode 13: January 13, 2006
14 Jan 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Everyone makes mistakes, and on this episode, we'll look back at the controversy over how I botched the pronounciation of a certain city in the Nether...
WhiskyCast Episode 12: January 10, 2006
09 Jan 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Feel like a vacation? We'll take a look at planning the perfect whisky vacation with Caroline Dewar of Distillery Destinations. In the news update, Gl...
WhiskyCast Episode 11: January 3, 2006
03 Jan 2006
Contributed by Lukas
It's a new year, and WhiskyCast is back at the bar with a complete roundup of whisky news and a packed event calendar for the first three months of th...
WhiskyCast Episode 10: December 23, 2005
23 Dec 2005
Contributed by Lukas
It's the holiday season, and the final WhiskyCast episode for 2005 focuses on the marriage between whisky and food. Forget about wine and cheese...Joh...
WhiskyCast Episode 9: December 16, 2005
16 Dec 2005
Contributed by Lukas
Issue #52 of Whisky Magazine is out, and we'll get an update from editor Dominic Roskrow on what you'll find inside. Also, it's not too soon to make y...
WhiskyCast Episode 8: December 12, 2005
12 Dec 2005
Contributed by Lukas
On December 10th, the Wall Street Journal looked at the controversy over "finishing" whisky, with this question in the headline: "What's in that bottl...
WhiskyCast Episode 7: December 8, 2005
07 Dec 2005
Contributed by Lukas
Award-winning whiskies dominate this edition of WhiskyCast! We'll hear from Graham Coull of Glen Moray, the home of Jim Murray's Whisky Bible 2006 Sin...
WhiskyCast Episode 6: December 3, 2005
03 Dec 2005
Contributed by Lukas
Want to invest in a distillery? Would you rather drink a truly Scotch whisky instead...or are you looking for a "best buy". All that, and more...on th...
WhiskyCast Episode 5: November 29, 2005
29 Nov 2005
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Lawrence Graham gives us an update on January's Victoria Whisky Festival. Our news update reports Scottish politicians and the whisky...
WhiskyCast Episode 4: November 23, 2005
23 Nov 2005
Contributed by Lukas
A special episode recorded on location at Monk's Cafe in Philadelphia, as Malt Advocate publisher John Hansell discusses the winners of this year's Ma...
WhiskyCast Episode 3: November 19, 2005
19 Nov 2005
Contributed by Lukas
Dave "Robbo" Robertson of Jon, Mark, & Robbo's Easy Drinking Whisky Company explains the philosophy behind JMR's line of vatted malt whiskies. Also, a...
WhiskyCast Episode 2: November 15, 2005
15 Nov 2005
Contributed by Lukas
Crown Royal dethrones NASCAR's defending champion, Aberlour celebrates Founder's Day, and Bruichladdich's Jim McEwan comes up with a solution for thos...
WhiskyCast Episode 1: November 12, 2005
12 Nov 2005
Contributed by Lukas
An introduction to WhiskyCast, featuring interviews with Parker Beam of Heaven Hill Distilleries and Dr. Jim Swan of Penderyn Distillery. Also...the l...