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Episode 522: February 21, 2015

For the second straight year, a Texas whiskey has won Best in Show honors at the American Craft Spirits Association competition. San Antonio’s Ranger Creek Brewing… Read More

Episode 520: February 7, 2015

Ian MacMillan has been overseeing the whiskies from Deanston, Tobermory, and Bunnahabhain for years…but Cognac cask finishes were one thing he hadn’t experimented much with until… Read More

Episode 509: December 6, 2014

In the first of this week’s two episodes of WhiskyCast, we’ll travel to Sweden to look at two of the country’s whisky distilleries. Mackmyra is… Read More

Reynier Upbeat On Irish Whiskey Potential

December 5, 2014 – “There are 105 Scottish distilleries of significance…there are four in Ireland. You figure it out…” That’s how former Bruichladdich managing director… Read More

Reynier Entering Irish Whiskey Business

December 1, 2014 – With the growth in Irish Whiskey sales worldwide, more entrepreneurs are looking at opportunities in the fastest-growing sector of the whisky… 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 503: October 25, 2014

This week’s episode comes from Whiskey Live Dublin, and we’ll be focusing on Irish whiskies this time around with some of the winners from Thursday… Read More

Episode 502: October 18, 2014

Finland has a love-hate relationship with whisky. Finns love it, and the Finnish government hates it. Distilled spirits advertising is banned, and regulators went so… Read More

Episode 497: September 21, 2014

It’s Kentucky Bourbon Festival week, and there’s a lot of news coming out of Bourbon Country these days. Thousands of Bourbon lovers descended on Bardstown… Read More