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Episode 376: July 1, 2012

Ken Loach’s new film “The Angel’s Share” focuses on an attempt to steal rare bottles of Malt Mill single malt Scotch. The actual Malt Mill… Read More

WhiskyCast Virtual Tastings: June 2012

The members of the “Barthenon” in Cherry Hill, New Jersey are on board for this month’s tasting panel. Angelo Veneziano, Mike Farley, and Chris Eattock… Read More

Episode 370: May 20, 2012

1964 was an iconic year at Scotland’s Bowmore Distillery, though that fact wouldn’t be known for decades. The casks laid down that year produced the… 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

Episode 339: October 16, 2011

Adelphi’s history dates back to 1826 and the old Adelphi Distillery in Glasgow. Descendants of the distillery’s owners revived the name as an independent bottler,… Read More

Bruichladdich Celebrates 10th Anniversary

Bruichladdich Distillery on Scotland’s Isle of Islay marked the 10th anniversary of its reopening on September 11, 2011 with the first bottling of The Laddie… Read More

Episode 333: September 11, 2011

Bruichladdich celebrates the 10th anniversary of its revival this weekend, and this week’s episode comes from the distillery on the shores of Loch Indall on… Read More

Episode 332: September 4, 2011

Every September, whiskey lovers start prowling their favorite liquor stores for the arrival of the Buffalo Trace Antique Collection whiskies. This year’s lineup of three… Read More

Episode 330: August 21, 2011

One of the world’s most unusual whisky festivals is coming up in a few weeks. Maltstock doesn’t take place in a hotel or convention center,… Read More

Episode 327: July 31, 2011

As the U.S. faces another debt crisis, this week marks the anniversary of a key event in another U.S. debt crisis…the Whiskey Rebellion of 1794.… Read More

Episode 321: June 19, 2011

Pulteney Distillery celebrates its 195th anniversary this year in the North Sea fishing town of Wick, Scotland. It’s the home of Old Pulteney single malt… Read More

Episode 319: June 4, 2011

In the last episode, I mentioned the Balcones Brimstone blue corn whiskey from Balcones Distillery in Waco, Texas…and how the corn was smoked over Texas… Read More