May 20, 2016 – With the 141st running of the Preakness at Baltimore’s Pimlico race track this weekend coinciding with this week’s publication of Michael Dietsch’s… Read More
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Interview & Review: Michael Dietsch’s “Whiskey: A Spirited Story”
May 20, 2016 – It’s hard to write a book about whisky. Make it too elementary so newcomers will understand, and longtime whisky connoisseurs will… Read More
Interview: “A Glass Apart” Author Fionnán O’Connor
March 13, 2016 – While today’s Irish Whiskies are known largely as smooth, mellow, triple-distilled drams, the sub-category known as “Single Pot Still” whiskies is… Read More
Episode 580: March 12, 2016
There was once a time when Ireland’s single pot still whiskies were among the world’s most popular drams, but a combination of changing tastes, politics,… Read More
Episode 570: January 9, 2016
America has a love-hate relationship with alcohol, and it’s fair to say that drinking has changed the course of American history – for better and… Read More
Episode 565: December 5, 2015
Every once in a while, you might want to step outside of your comfort zone and try something besides whisky. A WhiskyCast listener asked for… Read More
Episode 563: November 21, 2015
This week, we’re at Canada’s oldest whisky festival…the New Brunswick Spirits Festival in Fredericton, New Brunswick. The festival is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year,… Read More
Canadians Celebrate As Crown Royal Northern Harvest Rye Wins Whisky Bible Honors
November 19, 2015 – Canadians are cheering the selection of Crown Royal’s Northern Harvest Rye as the 2016 Whisky Bible’s overall “World Whisky of the… Read More
Episode 556: October 4, 2015
Earlier this year, Japan’s Nikka Whisky announced plans to replace many of its age-statement single malts with new no-age-statement versions. The company’s past projections of… Read More
Episode 548: August 17, 2015
The “Bourbon Boom” has led to a corresponding boom in the publishing industry, with almost as many new Bourbon books as there are Bourbons on… Read More
Episode 545: July 25, 2015
The history of Bourbon is filled with enough myths to make a dozen Disney movies, enough crimes for years of True Detective, and enough mysteries… Read More
Episode 544: July 19, 2015
Bourbon has a unique place in American history, but as with other elements of American history…many of the stories of Bourbon are based more on… Read More