It’s not too soon to start making travel plans for the fall whisky festival season, and Malt Advocate’s WhiskyFest San Francisco on October 10th is… 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”.
Episode 152: July 6, 2008
Last fall, I mentioned The Balvenie’s search for a brand ambassador to represent the single malt in the US. Now, the lucky person has been… Read More
Episode 151: June 29, 2008
Compass Box produces some of the more unusual whiskies on the market, and John Glaser gives us the details on two new limited releases coming… Read More
Episode 150: June 22, 2008
If you’re looking for “buddy trip” ideas, a distillery school might be just the thing. Fellow Malt Maniac Lawrence Graham just finished up a “buddy… Read More
Episode 149: June 16, 2008
What distillery produces so many different expressions of whisky that one could probably drink a different one each day for a month with no repeats?… Read More
Episode 148: June 8, 2008
The best single malts in the world always come from Scotland, right? Not any more, and the winner of Whisky Magazine’s World Whiskies Award as… Read More
Episode 147: June 1, 2008
While it’s the start of summer in Scotland, it’s the start of a winter of whisky in Australia. Later this month, the Scotch Malt Whisky… Read More
Episode 146: May 25, 2008
It’s festival week on Islay, and we’ll hear about the plans for this week’s Islay Festival of Malt and Music from Laphroaig’s John Campbell, Ardbeg’s… Read More
Episode 145: May 18, 2008
One of the world’s great whisky bars sits in between a stationery store and a restaurant in Toronto’s Beaches neighborhood. Ian Innes has owned The… Read More
Episode 144: May 10, 2008
On the road again, and back in one of my favorite cities…Toronto. This time around, it’s for the Spirit of Toronto Festival. We’ll have some… Read More
Episode 143: May 4, 2007
Good things take time, and after 109 years, Ardmore is finally being released as a single malt. Until now, all of the Aberdeenshire distillery’s output… Read More
Episode 142: April 27, 2008
This is Kentucky Derby week in Louisville, and that makes it a perfectly good time to focus on bourbon. We’ll hear from Ron Givens, author… Read More