While we’re all raising our glasses to honor the health care workers, first responders, and other essential workers risking their lives during the COVID-19 coronavirus… Read More
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Exploring Whisky Through Science (Episode 812: March 29, 2020)
There’s still a lot left to discover about whisky, even though the “water of life” has been around for centuries. Scientists are still unlocking the… Read More
On the Road at DramFest 2020 in Christchurch, New Zealand (Episode 809: March 8, 2020)
This week, we’re on location at Whisky Galore’s DramFest 2020 in Christchurch, New Zealand! They’ve been making whisky in New Zealand since the first Scottish… Read More
Ice(land) and Whisky Go Together: Episode 808: March 1, 2020
If you just needed a whisky-related reason to visit Iceland, we have one for you on this week’s episode. Eimverk Distillery grew out of the… Read More
A New Career, But Carrying On the Family Legacy (Episode 807: February 23, 2020)
There’s an old saying that “sometimes, you choose the whisky business…and sometimes, it chooses you.” That could be said for Victoria Eady-Butler, who retired last… Read More
“The Amber Light” Brings Scotch Whisky to the Big Screen (Episode 803: January 26, 2020)
Is making whisky an art or a science? In “The Amber Light,” filmmaker Adam Park makes the argument that Scotch Whisky is an art as… Read More
Climate Change’s Impact on Whisky & Farmers (Episode 801: January 12, 2020)
Over the course of this year, we’ll be looking at the many ways climate change could affect whisky makers – and whisky lovers. Since whisky… Read More
A Whisky Still Knows No Gender (Episode 800: January 5, 2020)
The last decade was one of progress for women in the whisky industry, with more women than ever working as distillers and blenders. The real… Read More
The Godfather of Australian Whisky (Episode 799: December 29, 2019)
There was no Australian Whisky industry to speak of in 1992 when Bill Lark persuaded the government to give him a license to distill whisky… Read More
Finding a Home in the World of Whisky (Episode 798: December 22, 2019)
Dhavall Gandhi could have been a highly sought after mergers and acquisitions expert, but he set that potentially lucrative career aside to pursue his passion… Read More
Winner, Winner…Whiskey Dinner! (Episode 796: December 8, 2019)
Nicole Austin can be excused for walking on Cloud 9 the other night at Whisky Advocate’s WhiskyFest in New York City. The George Dickel master… Read More
Designing Distilleries for Scotch Whisky’s Next Century (Episode 795: December 1, 2019)
There’s an old saying that “form follows function.” It’s the idea that a building’s design should fit its intended purpose, and over the years, that’s… Read More