India is one of the world’s largest whisky-consuming nations, but never had a single malt whisky to call its own until the Jagdale family’s Amrut… Read More
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Episode 418: March 30, 2013
Cutty Sark is marking two anniversaries within a week or so: the brand’s 90’s anniversary on March 23 and the third anniversary of its acquisition… Read More
Episode 417: March 23, 2013
This week’s episode required 35 hours of flying and 17,000 miles of round-trip travel, but it was well worth it to visit Amrut’s distillery in… Read More
Episode 415: March 10, 2013
Buffalo Trace’s Single Oak Project is at the halfway point, with 96 of the 192 single cask bottlings released and the remainder to be parceled… Read More
Episode 411: February 9, 2013
It’s been a big week for Barry Crockett. Midleton Distillery’s Master Distiller was named this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award winner by The Whisky Advocate, and… Read More
Episode 406: January 12, 2013
Dreamers abound in the whisky business. In the case of the Kingsbarns Distillery project planned near St. Andrews in Scotland, two dreamers had to join… Read More
Episode 398: November 17, 2012
Edwin Foote started his distilling career in the old Henry McKenna Distillery, and wound up as the Master Distiller at the legendary Stitzel-Weller and Old… 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 396: November 3, 2012
This week, we promise a politics-free episode! We’ll look at the history and future of India’s Amrut Distillery with third-generation Amrut executive director Rick Jagdale… 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
Episode 368: May 6, 2012
It’s festival week in Speyside, and the Spirit of Speyside Festival has become one of the region’s largest events of the year. We’ll talk with… Read More
WhiskyCast Virtual Tastings: February 2012
Our panel tried three very different whiskies this month, as Mendy Berkowitz, Chip Burkhead of “The ScotchCast”, and Kevin Dixler tasted the Kilchoman Spring 2011… Read More