January 16, 2014 – Crown Royal will release a new addition to its range later this month with the debut of Crown Royal XO, a… Read More
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Repeal Day Cocktails From Diageo
November 23, 2013 – With the 80th anniversary of Prohibition’s repeal coming up on December 5, Diageo’s in-house bar tending team created these three classic… Read More
Episode 453: November 23, 2013
Gavin Hewitt is stepping down next month after ten years as the chief executive of the Scotch Whisky Association, balancing the needs of member whisky… Read More
Diageo’s Menezes: No Need To Buy Beam, New Bourbons Coming
November 20, 2013 – Analysts have been predicting ever since Beam Inc. became a standalone spirits company that Diageo would launch a takeover bid at… Read More
U.S. Sales Help Push Diageo to 8% Gain in 2013 Profits
July 31, 2013 – Diageo, the world’s largest whisky producer, reported an 8% increase in profits for the 2012 fiscal year ending June 30. Overall… Read More
Episode 408: January 20, 2013
Time for our second episode of the weekend with highlights from this weekend’s Victoria Whisky Festival! We’ll get the latest on new whiskies from Tullibardine,… Read More
Episode 399: November 24, 2012
Most whisky lovers dream of making their own whiskies, but that’s easier said than done, since building a distillery takes a lot of time and… Read More
Episode 397: November 10, 2012
Kentucky is synonymous with Bourbon, but few places maintain the history of Bourbon in the Bluegrass State like the Oscar Getz Museum of Whiskey History… Read More
Episode 388: September 15, 2012
This weekend, I’m in Bardstown for the annual Kentucky Bourbon Festival. There’s a legitimate claim that this could be the world’s largest whisky festival, with… Read More
Episode 383: August 18, 2012
You have questions about whisky, and this week, we have some of the answers. It’s the annual Question and Answer episode of WhiskyCast, and whisky… Read More
Episode 375: June 24, 2012
Crown Royal master blender Andrew Mackay didn’t have to look far when it came time to create a successor to the original Crown Royal XR,… Read More
WhiskyCast Virtual Tastings: May 2012
This month, our tasting panel gathered at the home of WhiskyCast listener Christopher Winters in the Indianapolis suburbs. It’s the first time we’ve recorded an… Read More