Bourbon

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

By Mark Gillespie February 14, 2020 – There’s no love lost on this Valentine’s Day between the Trump Administration and European Union leaders, and that… Read More

By Mark Gillespie February 13, 2020 – If you build it, they will come. That applies not only to a baseball field in the middle… Read More

The whisky industry has become collateral damage in the ongoing trade dispute between the U.S. and the European Union, with tit-for-tat trade tariffs making life… Read More

This week, we’re in Victoria, British Columbia for one of the world’s best whisky festivals, the 15th annual Victoria Whisky Festival! This year’s event also… Read More

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

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

December 28, 2019 – Beam Suntory has agreed to pay the state of Kentucky more than $700,000 following the environmental damage from last July’s warehouse fire… Read More

By Mark Gillespie December 26, 2019 – Look at the “About” section of Al Young’s Facebook profile. In the “work” category, you’ll see only one entry.… Read More

Holyrood Distillery became Edinburgh’s first malt whisky distillery in nearly a century when it fired up the stills for the first time last September, but… Read More

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

November 18, 2019 – Joseph A. Magnus & Co. started selling its whiskies in Washington, DC in 2015. Highland Park Distillery was founded by Magnus… Read More