In our last episode, we looked at how different types of Rye produce different flavors in whisky. While that’s relatively new understanding for Rye, it’s… Read More
Campbeltown Malts Festival
Coronavirus Hits the Whisky Industry (Episode 811: March 22, 2020)
The global COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic took full hold on the whisky industry this week, as governments not only shut down bars and limited restaurants to… Read More
Coronavirus Forces Cancellation of Islay’s Fèis Ìle
By Mark Gillespie March 18, 2020 – For more than two decades, whisky lovers have flocked to Scotland’s Isle of Islay at the end of… Read More
Spirit of Speyside & Campbeltown Whisky Festivals Cancelled
By Mark Gillespie March 17, 2020 – Scotland’s largest whisky festival is the latest to fall by the wayside in the wake of the COVID-19… Read More
New Distillery, Familiar Faces (Episode 773: June 23, 2019)
If you’re starting a new distillery from scratch, it helps to find some veteran whisky makers to join you on the journey. That’s just what… Read More
Port Charlotte and Islay’s “Middle Child Syndrome” (Episode 701: May 27, 2018)
Bruichladdich’s Port Charlotte single malt lies in between the distillery’s namesake unpeated whiskies and its Octomore heavily peated malts, and Bruichladdich CEO Douglas Taylor admits… Read More