If Fred Minnick had any more balls in the air right now, the circus would be calling him with a job offer as a juggler.… Read More
Creative Whisky Company
Nearest Green’s Legacy Gets a New Home (Episode 675: January 7, 2018)
Last November, Fawn Weaver told us about her mission to spread the story of Nathan “Nearest” Green, the former slave who became Jack Daniel’s first… Read More
Episode 594: June 18, 2016
Moving is one of those things that no one really enjoys…let alone when one has to move hundreds of rare whisky samples to a new… Read More
Episode 555: September 28, 2015
In this special bonus episode from Whisky Live Paris, we’ll have more highlights from one of Europe’s top whisky festivals. We’ll look at the recent… Read More
Episode 539: June 13, 2015
Dave Schmier and Michael Kandar started Bardstown Barrel Selections five years ago to bottle some casks of good whiskey they’d come across from MGP-I in… Read More
Episode 538: June 6, 2015
This week, we’re looking at the end of an experiment nearly 14 years in the making…Buffalo Trace’s Single Oak Project. The attempt to create “Bourbon’s… Read More
Episode 535: May 16, 2015
The labels on whisky bottles often give us more than just the legal description of what’s inside the bottle. Good ones convey the character and… Read More
Episode 467: February 23, 2014
Alwynne Gwilt couldn’t stand whisky…hated it, in fact. That is, until a former boss in London dragged the Canadian expat to a media tasting. It’s… Read More
Episode 465: February 8, 2014
Whisky’s brand ambassadors roam the world, racking up tens or hundreds of thousands of frequent flier miles every year and spending up to half their… Read More
Mogwai Becomes Latest Band With Its Own Whisky
January 27, 2014 – In the peak of the Rock ‘n Roll era, musicians just drank whisky. Now, they have their own whiskies. Mogwai, the… Read More
Episode 460: January 11, 2014
London and Seattle have a few things in common: reputations for foggy, rainy weather…a vibrant cultural scene…and now, craft distilleries. Seattle’s had them for several… Read More
Episode 426: May 25, 2013
The annual Islay Festival of Malt & Music gets underway this weekend, and they’ll be celebrating more than just whisky on Islay this week. Bruichladdich’s… Read More