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Paul Hletlko is one of the leaders in North America’s craft distilling movement, and the founder of FEW Spirits is in the middle of a… Read More

Adam Hannett has a tough job, though he wouldn’t trade places with anyone for the world! He took over for the legendary Jim McEwan as… Read More

March 2, 2016 – Bruichladdich is moving forward with plans to start offering detailed information on the casks that go into each batch of its… Read More

Chip Tate is about to get back into the whisky business, about 15 months after his acrimonious departure from Balcones Distilling, the Texas distillery he… Read More

February 19, 2016 – A day after Compass Box launched its online petition drive aimed at persuading European Union and UK regulators to change existing… Read More

February 18, 2016 – The Greek legend of Sisyphus tells the tale of a king condemned to roll a boulder to the top of a… Read More

There are a lot of issues facing the world of whisky and spirits these days, and we’ll discuss many of them on this week’s WhiskyCast.… Read More

December 23, 2015 – The European Court of Justice handed Scotch Whisky producers an early Christmas present today, ruling that the Scottish Government’s plan to… Read More

November 3, 2015 – “I’m not clear on who in the world in our industry would be pushing for less transparency and why they might… Read More

November 1, 2015 – In the wake of the latest controversy involving Compass Box’s disclosure of the exact recipes for its two most recent releases,… Read More

Popular, yet controversial in many ways, WhistlePig Farm’s distillery has finally opened after a series of lengthy delays and disputes. Founder Raj Peter Bhakta spent… Read More

October 30, 2015 – In its 15 years of producing Scotch Whiskies, Compass Box has had its issues with the larger Scotch Whisky industry.  In… Read More