Ireland

Ger Buckley is a 5th generation master cooper at Ireland’s Midleton Distillery, and one of only four coopers working at whiskey distilleries in Ireland. He… Read More

The Powers family distilled whiskey for seven generations and two centuries on John’s Lane in Dublin, and John Ryan is the seventh and final generation… Read More

Irish whiskies once ruled the world, and Dublin was the center of Ireland’s whisky industry. There are no distilleries left in Dublin, but there’s plenty… Read More

Five generations of the William Grant family have been making Grant’s Scotch whiskies, and we’ll look at the entire Grant’s range with Ludo DuCroq in… Read More

1940 was a crucial moment in world history, as World War II was breaking out in Europe. That February, Gordon & MacPhail arranged to have… Read More

Brown-Forman’s cooperage in Louisville, Kentucky has an impact on whiskies all over the world. The cooperage makes all of the barrels for Jack Daniel’s, Woodford… Read More

Jim Murray isn’t one to hold his tongue when he doesn’t like something, and the man behind the Whisky Bible shares some of the things… Read More

Canadian whisky seldom gets its fair share of credit, since many whisky drinkers perceive it as something best mixed into a cocktail. While that’s certainly… Read More

Dominic Roskow took on a tough challenge for his latest book – identifying the world’s 750 best whiskies. We’ll hear from the author of “The… Read More

Ireland’s Midleton Distillery features 5 pot stills, eight column stills, and literally dozens of possibilities for making Irish whiskey. It’s home to Jameson, Power’s, Midleton,… Read More

Women are discovering whisky and other brown spirits at record levels, and dispelling the old myth that whisky is a “man’s drink.” Meghan Leary is… Read More

There’s no doubting that Kentucky makes great bourbons, but a single malt? That hasn’t happened since 1919…until now. Pearse Lyons, Ph.D. is the CEO of… Read More