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WhiskyCast is where it all begins. Now in our 18th year, each weekly podcast brings you the latest in whisky news, along with the latest events, tasting notes, comments from other listeners, and the weekly “In-Depth” segment features interviews with the people who help make whisky the “water of life”.

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Episode 442: September 15, 2013

Ger Buckley, Midleton Distillery's 5th generation cooper, demonstrates the breaking down of a barrel during The Housewarming celebration at Midleton September 4, 2013. Image ©2013 by Mark Gillespie. Ger Buckley is the fifth-generation cooper at Ireland’s Midleton Distillery, but had no one to pass the torch to. In fact, there hadn’t been an apprentice cooper at any Irish distillery for nearly four decades…but Ger was able to convince Irish Distillers that the tradition needed to be kept alive for another generation. 21-year-old Killian O’Mahony has just signed on for a four-year apprenticeship…he and Ger join us for this week’s WhiskyCast In-Depth. In the news, we pay tribute to the late Lincoln Henderson, Buffalo Trace plans to keep honoring the late Elmer T. Lee, and the latest on this year’s Buffalo Trace Antique Collection. This week’s tasting notes include Wild Turkey’s new Forgiven…an accidental blend of Rye and Bourbon.


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