With some parts of Scotland facing another long, dry summer, distilleries are making plans to cope with expected water shortages from the lochs and rivers… Read More
Bardstown Bourbon Company
A Collaborative Spirit in Bardstown
Distillers are known for helping each other out, but the team at the Bardstown Bourbon Company is taking that collaborative spirit to new levels. The… Read More
Another Par for Sweetens Cove
Is Sweetens Cove a whiskey company with a golf course, or a golf course with its own whiskey brand? That’s something the Sweetens Cove team… Read More
The Whisky Book Club
With the holidays coming up, whisky books may be on your gift list. We’ll talk with two noted whisky writers who have new books out… Read More
An American Single Malt Outlier
Phil Steger distills his single malt in the Scottish tradition at Minnesota’s Brother Justus Distilling, but he’s an outlier in the American Single Malt community.… Read More
Preserving the American White Oak’s Future
The whisky industry depends on quercus alba, the American White Oak, for hundreds of thousands of whisky barrels each year, and that makes preserving White… Read More
Pandemic Leaves Whisky Festivals in Critical Condition (Episode 831: August 9, 2020)
This week saw upcoming whisky events in the U.S., England, Ireland, Canada, and Australia either postponed or cancelled outright as the number of Covid-19 cases… Read More
Opening the Distillery Doors Slowly (Episode 820: May 24, 2020)
As governments start to relax lockdown restrictions in the fight against the Covid-19 virus, some distilleries are slowly starting to welcome the public back. While… Read More
The Whisky World Copes With Covid-19’s Impact (Episode 816: April 26, 2020)
With tens of thousands of bar and restaurant workers around the world laid off because of mandatory bar and restaurant closings due to the Covid-19… 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
The Queen of Canadian Whisky (Episode 794: November 24, 2019)
This week, we’re in Fredericton, New Brunswick for the 24th annual New Brunswick Spirits Festival! We’ll talk with one of the leading lights in Canadian… Read More
From Hockey’s Hall of Fame to a Whiskey Rookie (Episode 784: September 15, 2019)
Ed Belfour has every honor a hockey player could dream of, including a Stanley Cup, an Olympic gold medal, and the ultimate: being named to… Read More