WhiskyCast Episodes

Blended American Whiskey has been ignored by connoisseurs for many years, largely because the category has been dominated by cheap blends using grain neutral spirits.… Read More

Bourbon’s construction boom in Central Kentucky is raising concerns in Nelson County, home to Bardstown, the “Bourbon Capital of the World.” County officials have reached… Read More

One normally does not associate rye whisky with Scotland. Rye hasn’t been widely used by Scotch whisky distillers for decades, but Inchdairnie Distillery is doing… Read More

Dr. Bill Lumsden has been conducting whisky experiments at both Ardbeg and Glenmorangie distilleries. His latest Ardbeg release, Heavy Vapours, involved taking part of the… Read More

Thank you for joining us to celebrate a major milestone this week with the 1000th episode of WhiskyCast! To mark the occasion, we went back… Read More

Many have tried, but the Glencairn whisky glass remains the preferred choice of whisky blenders and savvy whisky lovers. There’s more to Glencairn Crystal than… Read More

The Scotch Malt Whisky Society is the world’s largest whisky club and in 2023 it marks its 40th anniversary. We’ll talk with founder Pip Hills… Read More

There’s very little Dennis Malcolm hasn’t seen in his 62 years of making whisky, and the longtime Glen Grant distillery manager joins us on this… Read More

1983 was a very bad year to be in the Scotch Whisky business. Sales had dried up in the face of changing consumer tastes and… Read More

Mark Kent left the UK’s diplomatic service 14 months ago to become the new CEO of the Scotch Whisky Association, and admits he didn’t know… Read More

Melissa Rift’s career path is anything but traditional for a whisky maker. She started out as a family therapist before discovering her passion for Bourbon,… Read More

There are literally hundreds of whisky clubs around the world, with more being formed all the time. This week on WhiskyCast, we’ll hear from some… Read More