Bill Samuels Jr.

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Episode 359: March 4, 2012

Time to shatter some long-cherished myths and legends about Bourbon, and Michael Veach will serve as our myth-buster this week. He’s the Bourbon historian at… Read More

Episode 312: April 17, 2011

The last time we heard from Japanese whisky blogger Chris Bunting, he was in the middle of writing a book on Japan’s drinking culture. “Drinking… Read More

Episode 298: January 16, 2011

Your boss wants you to take on a massive project…restoring a distillery that was abandoned for more than 20 years. Dave Scheurich of Brown-Forman took… Read More

Episode 269: July 11, 2010

Tommy Smith worked at Strathisla Distillery in Speyside for 27 years before taking “early retirement.” He’s put in another eight years since then guiding visitors… Read More

Episode 237: January 30, 2010

As I reported in the last episode, Maker’s Mark is working on a new bourbon. This time around, Master Distiller Kevin Smith sits down with… Read More

Episode 187: February 16, 2009

This week…the winner of the “Pick the Interview” poll on the WhiskyCast Facebook page! We’ll hear from Fred Laing of Douglas Laing & Co. about… Read More

Episode 140: April 12, 2008

Time for another road trip…this time to the spiritual home of Bourbon…Kentucky. This week’s episode comes from DeSha’s Restaurant and Bar in Lexington, which tied… Read More

Episode 117: November 3, 2007

On the road again…this time at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas for the Maker’s Mark “When in Rome Weekend”. Nearly 1,500 Maker’s Mark Ambassadors descended… Read More

Episode 116: October 31, 2007

This is a special episode of WhiskyCast with highlights from Tuesday night’s Malt Advocate WhiskyFest in New York City. It’s the 10th anniversary of WhiskyFest… Read More