Bourbon has been part of the fabric of Central Kentucky for generations, and that heritage is celebrated every September at the Kentucky Bourbon Festival in… Read More
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Episode 389: September 16, 2012
Bonus coverage in this special episode from the Kentucky Bourbon Festival, with highlights from the Bourbon Hall of Fame induction ceremony for the legendary I.W.… Read More
Episode 384: August 25, 2012
Par Caldenby caught the whisky bug at an early age, but built a career as a lawyer in Sweden. The whisky bug first inspired him… Read More
Episode 376: July 1, 2012
Ken Loach’s new film “The Angel’s Share” focuses on an attempt to steal rare bottles of Malt Mill single malt Scotch. The actual Malt Mill… Read More
Episode 375: June 24, 2012
Crown Royal master blender Andrew Mackay didn’t have to look far when it came time to create a successor to the original Crown Royal XR,… Read More
Episode 373: June 10, 2012
How do you spend a billion and a half dollars? Believe it or not, it’s hard to spend that much money. Diageo’s Nick Morgan and… Read More
Episode 348: December 17, 2011
This is a big weekend for the eight founders of Sweden’s Mackmyra Distillery. Their initial dream of building Sweden’s first whisky distillery has been more… Read More
Episode 347: December 11, 2011
If you’re trying to find a rare whisky, the easiest way to track it down may be through one of the many whisky auctions conducted… Read More
Bidding on Whisky at Bonhams
Rare whiskies aren’t hard to find…if you know where to look. Several auction houses hold regular whisky sales, and we’ll take a look at a recent… Read More
Episode 342: November 6, 2011
Ichiro Akuto is a maverick among Japanese whisky distillers, creating traditional whiskies with a style that’s anything but traditional. When his family sold their Hanyu… Read More
Episode 339: October 16, 2011
Adelphi’s history dates back to 1826 and the old Adelphi Distillery in Glasgow. Descendants of the distillery’s owners revived the name as an independent bottler,… Read More
Episode 338: October 9, 2011
Jim Beveridge is the master blender for Diageo’s Johnnie Walker whiskies, which means he’s responsible for some of the world’s best-selling Scotch whiskies. It also… Read More