After more than a decade of work, plans are now in place to revive the long-closed Dallas Dhu Distillery in Speyside. The distillery has been… Read More
Mark Gillespie
I'm the host and executive producer of WhiskyCast.Honoring J.P. Wiser with a Vintage Whisky
Canadian Whisky pioneer J.P. Wiser started making whisky 165 years ago in eastern Ontario, and the brand that bears his name to this day has… Read More
Johnnie Walker, Jim Beam Lead World’s Best-Selling Whisky Brands
Despite a 2.7% decline in sales during 2023, Diageo’s Johnnie Walker brand continued to lead by a wide margin among Scotch Whisky brands, according to… Read More
Touring the New Heaven Hill Springs Distillery
Heaven Hill’s new $130 million distillery in Bardstown, Kentucky is still about six months away from being finished, but this week on WhiskyCast In-Depth, we’re… Read More
Taking a Trip on the Wilderness Trail
Kentucky’s Wilderness Trail Distillery has grown over the last decade from a small barrel-a-day distillery to become one of the nation’s largest Bourbon distilleries. Dr.… Read More
Leaving Laphroaig…and Islay Behind
Barry MacAffer is leaving Laphroaig Distillery and his native Islay for a new adventure: building a malt whisky distillery in South Korea. This week on… Read More
Dispatch from Jura
There’s one distillery on Scotland’s Isle of Jura, and Jura master whisky maker Dr. Kirstie McCallum joins us from the island this week on WhiskyCast… Read More
A Part of the Community
Many distilleries take great pains to be involved in their surrounding communities, but Scotland’s Glen Wyvis Distillery goes to an extreme. That’s because many members… Read More
Deanston Old Fashioned
The classic Old Fashioned is usually made with Bourbon or Rye, but there’s nothing that says it can’t be made with a Scotch Whisky. The… Read More
Wild Turkey Unveils New Jimmy Russell Visitors Center
Campari has completed work on an upgraded visitors center at the Wild Turkey Distillery campus in Lawrenceburg, Kentucky, and named it in honor of longtime… Read More
Glen Grant’s Dennis Malcolm to Retire
After a career spanning 63 years in the Scotch whisky industry, longtime Glen Grant master distiller Dennis Malcolm OBE will retire at the end of… Read More
A Debut Whisky for Ardnahoe
Islay’s Ardnahoe Distillery has released its first single malt since the distillery opened in 2019, and we’ll talk about the journey with Scott Laing of… Read More



