Today’s Buffalo Trace Distillery started out 164 years ago when Daniel Swigert started making whiskey on the banks of the Kentucky River. His distillery didn’t… Read More
WhiskyCast Episodes
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”.
Happy Hour Live with Springbank’s Findlay Ross and Ranald Watson (Episode 902: October 8, 2021)
Springbank’s Findlay Ross and Ranald Watson joined us from Campbeltown, Scotland on the latest Happy Hour Live webcast to answer your whisky questions. We also… Read More
Designing a Bespoke Whisky…for a Bespoke Design (Episode 901: October 4, 2021)
Master Blender Sandy Hyslop usually creates his whiskies and lets someone else worry about the packaging, but for the debut of the Royal Salute Couture… Read More
Happy Hour Live with Ashley & Colby Frey, Beth Behrs, and Gareth Howells (Episode 900: September 22, 2021)
Colby and Ashley Frey own and operate Frey Ranch Farmers + Distillers, a true “grain to glass” farm distillery in Fallon, Nevada. Not only do… Read More
Is Now the Golden Age of Bourbon? (Episode 899: September 20, 2021)
Bourbon fermenters are bubbling all over the United States because of unprecedented global demand for “America’s Native Spirit.” September is Bourbon Heritage Month, and there’s… Read More
Happy Hour Live at the American Whiskey Convention (Episode 898: September 15, 2021)
Live broadcasting is sort of like walking a tightrope…most of the time, it works. Then, there are those times when one’s walking the tightrope while… Read More
Kentucky Bourbon’s Next Generation Comes of Age (Episode 897: September 13, 2021)
Distillers like to say they’re laying down whiskies for the next generation, but in many cases, it’s their next generation who will be bottling those… Read More
Happy Hour Live with Brent Elliott, Darryl McNally, and Christopher Coates (Episode 896: September 8, 2021)
Four Roses is releasing its 2021 Limited Edition Small Batch Bourbon this month, and Master Distiller Brent Elliott joined us on the latest #HappyHourLive webcast… Read More
80 Years of Patience Pays Off for Gordon & MacPhail (Episode 895: September 6, 2021)
On a cold, wintry Scottish day in February of 1940, one of Gordon & MacPhail’s Sherry casks was filled with new make spirit at Glenlivet… Read More
Happy Hour Live with Steve Beal, David Blackmore, Ewan Morgan, and Owen Martin (Episode 894: September 1, 2021)
Make sure your battery’s charged for this one, since we spent nearly two hours talking the other night with longtime Scotch Whisky and Bourbon ambassdors… Read More
10 Years of Whiskies with FEW Regrets (Episode 893: August 30, 2021)
Paul Hletko opened FEW Spirits in the Chicago suburb of Evanston, Illinois in 2011 as part of the explosion of small-scale distilleries around the United… Read More
Happy Hour Live with the Bourbon Women: Peggy Noe Stevens, Heather Wibbels, and Maggie Kimberl (Episode 892: August 25, 2021)
Bourbon Women is one of the largest groups around for women who love whiskey, and is celebrating its 10th anniversary this week with its annual… Read More