Billy Walker could have walked away from the Scotch Whisky business last year after he and his partners sold the BenRiach, GlenDronach, and Glenglassaugh distilleries… Read More
Johnnie Walker
Diageo Planning £150 Million Investment in Scotch Whisky Tourism
April 16, 2018 – With Scotch Whisky-related tourism at record highs, Diageo has announced plans to invest £150 million pounds ($214.9 million USD) in upgrades… Read More
Wandering The Wonderful World of Whisky (Episode 686: March 25, 2018)
Rachel Barrie is known on Twitter as @TheLadyBlender, and she’s just winding up her first year as the master blender for Brown-Forman’s BenRiach, GlenDronach, and… Read More
Betting on Irish Whiskey’s Future (Episode 683: March 4, 2018)
Irish Whiskey has been the fastest-growing segments of the global whiskey market for the last several years, and for many Irish entrepreneurs, it’s a long-awaited… Read More
On the Road at the Victoria Whisky Festival (Episode 677: January 21, 2018)
This week, we’re in Victoria, British Columbia for the 13th annual Victoria Whisky Festival – just as the Canadian province’s liquor regulators staged a crackdown… Read More
There’s Whisky History Behind That Wall! (Episode 676: January 14, 2018)
You never know what might be found behind the walls or under the floors of old houses and other buildings, especially those built during the… Read More
New Tricks for an Old Elk (Episode 672: December 17, 2017)
Greg Metze spent years making whisky near the banks of the Ohio River, but he never really got the recognition he deserved because his distillery… Read More
Snowflakes in the Forecast … and Whiskey Lovers in Line (Episode 670: December 3, 2017)
Colorado’s ski resorts wish they had lift lines as long as the one that stretched down Kalamath Street in Denver Saturday morning, when hundreds of… Read More
12 Years of Whisky Podcasts…and We’re Still Here! (Episode 667: November 12, 2017)
The very first episode of WhiskyCast was on November 12, 2005, and twelve years later, we’ve been around long enough to have an age statement!… Read More
Whisky With a Place (Episode 657: September 3, 2017)
The concept of terroir is frequently discussed among wine lovers, but the whisky world has been more reluctant to discuss whether the place where a… Read More
Distilling Returns to the Birthplace of Scotch Whisky (Episode 654: August 13, 2017)
Lindores Abbey has a unique place in Scottish history. In 1494, the abbey’s Friar John Cor was responsible for the oldest known written reference to… Read More
Glencairn’s Whisky Glasses Shatter Expectations (Episode 648: July 2, 2017)
When Raymond Davidson and his sons started marketing the Glencairn Whisky Glass in 2001, they thought the target audience was whisky blenders and industry professionals,… Read More

