Award-winning author Noah Rothbaum spent five years researching his new book “The Whiskey Bible.” It’s a comprehensive in-depth look at the spirit we love –… Read More
Cairdeas
Dispatch from Jura
There’s one distillery on Scotland’s Isle of Jura, and Jura master whisky maker Dr. Kirstie McCallum joins us from the island this week on WhiskyCast… Read More
A Fèis-Less Islay Again in 2021 (Episode 855: January 25, 2021)
For the second straight year, Islay’s biggest party of the year has been cancelled because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Fèis Ile, the Islay Festival of… Read More
Making the Malt that Makes the Whisky (Episode 821: May 31, 2020)
Malted barley is critical to the making of many whiskies around the world, and this week, we’ll take you inside the malting process with a… Read More
Distillers on the Hill (Episode 778: July 28, 2019)
It takes a lot to drag distillers away from their stills, but when the stakes are as high as the current debate over extending a… Read More
Whisky’s Man in the Middle (Episode 777: July 21, 2019)
Raj Sabharwal doesn’t make whiskies, but his role is critical in making sure you get to drink them. He’s one of the band of independent… Read More
Dingle Whiskey: Oliver’s Dream Realized (Episode 768: May 19, 2019)
Oliver Hughes and his partners in Ireland’s Porterhouse Group opened Dingle Distillery in late 2012, just as the Irish craft distilling boom was beginning. Dingle… Read More
About to Buy a Rare Whisky? It Could Be a Fake! (Episode 747: December 30, 2018)
2018 may go down in whisky history as the “Year of the Collector” as whisky collecting became popular not only among connoisseurs, but with investors… Read More
The First American Single Malt Whiskey? (Episode 705: June 10, 2018)
Historians aren’t sure who distilled the first Scotch-style single malt whiskey in the United States, but Oregon’s Clear Creek Distillery has a pretty solid claim… Read More
Introducing The Pope to Pappy (Episode 691: April 22, 2018)
The Bible says “The Lord works in mysterious ways.” As proof, we have the story this week of Father Jim Sichko, a Kentucky-based Catholic priest… Read More
Preparing for Whisky’s Next Generation (Episode 682: February 25, 2018)
Distillers like to say they’re not making whisky for themselves, but laying it down for future generations. Part of that process is identifying the young… Read More
Wick’s Whisky Wizard: Pulteney’s Malcolm Waring (Episode 669: November 26, 2017)
Pulteney Distillery manager Malcolm Waring wasn’t born in Wick, Scotland, but there’s no place he’d rather be … three decades after getting his first job… Read More

