Johnnie Walker

Whisky lovers around the world celebrated World Whisky Day Saturday. The holiday was created a dozen years ago by whisky writer and consultant Blair Bowman,… Read More

One normally does not associate rye whisky with Scotland. Rye hasn’t been widely used by Scotch whisky distillers for decades, but Inchdairnie Distillery is doing… Read More

Phil Steger distills his single malt in the Scottish tradition at Minnesota’s Brother Justus Distilling, but he’s an outlier in the American Single Malt community.… Read More

We all have our own whisky stories to tell, and author Shelley Sackier is sharing hers in the new book “Make It a Double.” She’s… Read More

In our last episode, we looked at how different types of Rye produce different flavors in whisky. While that’s relatively new understanding for Rye, it’s… Read More

Virtually every major whisky event worldwide in the past year has been cancelled, postponed, or gone virtual because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Now, live events… Read More

Hong Kong has become a key center for the world’s whisky makers, and we had more evidence of that this week. Gordon & MacPhail’s new… Read More

2020 will not be remembered well by many people, but there have been a few bright spots for whisky lovers. One is the arrival of… Read More

Johnnie Walker is marking its 200th anniversary in 2020, and Diageo’s Dr. Nick Morgan joins us to discuss his new book on the history  of… Read More

It’s never been easier to buy an entire cask of whisky…at least in theory. While more distilleries are offering the opportunity to pick a special… Read More

Yeast is one of the three main ingredients in whisky, along with grain and water. While we understand what grain and water contribute to the… Read More

It’s been almost three years since Brown-Forman and the Conyngham family fired up the stills at Slane Distillery on the family’s Slane Castle estate near… Read More