Welcome to a new year, fans of the Water of Life! That’s exactly what we’ll be talking about on this week’s WhiskyCast In-Depth. “The Water… Read More
Food & Drug Administration
Distillers Win On New Year’s Eve as FDA Drops Hand Sanitizer “User Fee”
By Mark Gillespie – January 1, 2021 – One of the frequent comments seen on social media after the U.S. Food & Drug Administration announced… Read More
Hand Sanitizer Production Could Cost U.S. Whiskey Distillers
By Mark Gillespie December 31, 2020 – In March, Sagamore Spirit Distillery president Brian Treacy took a call from the Johns Hopkins Hospital with one… Read More
200 Years, 6 Master Blenders (Episode 832: August 16, 2020)
Johnnie Walker is celebrating its 200th anniversary in 2020, and in all that time, there have been only six master blenders. Jim Beveridge is the… Read More
Covid-19 Pandemic Threatens U.S. Craft Distilling Industry
April 30, 2020 – While “stay-at-home” recommendations and many other limits on businesses are ending in many U.S. states over the next several days, the… Read More
A Spanish Cooper Answers the Demand for Sherry Casks (Episode 813: April 5, 2020)
Spain’s tonelerias supply the Sherry-seasoned casks that help give some whiskies their unique character, but those casks are increasingly in demand by whisky makers worldwide.… Read More
Exploring Whisky Through Science (Episode 812: March 29, 2020)
There’s still a lot left to discover about whisky, even though the “water of life” has been around for centuries. Scientists are still unlocking the… Read More
Whisky: It Starts with the Grain (Episode 638: April 23, 2017)
The end of April has grain farmers in North America and Europe poised to get into the fields and start planting this year’s crops –… Read More
Maker’s Mark 2, Class-Action Attorneys 0
July 29, 2015 – A California federal judge has dismissed the class-action lawsuit filed last December accusing Maker’s Mark Bourbon of defrauding consumers with the… Read More
Episode 504: November 1, 2014
The battle between Scotland’s illicit distillers and the excisemen known as “gaugers” is the stuff of which legends, books, and now, a movie have been… Read More
Episode 500: October 6, 2014
This is a special episode of WhiskyCast – not only is it the 500th episode, but it’s the second of two episodes this weekend from… Read More