Last year, Balcones Distilling left behind its original distillery – hand-built in an old welding shop underneath the 17th Street bridge in Waco, Texas –… Read More
Karuizawa
Boom Days for Bourbon (Episode 644: June 4, 2017)
Bourbon’s growing global profile is at its highest in decades, and that’s good news in Kentucky. Even though Bourbon can be made anywhere in the… Read More
Episode 550: August 29, 2015
Kieran Folliard is a native son of Ireland, but calls Minnesota his home now. While running a group of Irish pubs in Minneapolis, he and… Read More
1960 Karuizawa Sets Japanese Whisky Auction Record at Bonhams
August 28, 2015 – A 1960 Karuizawa Japanese single malt whisky has set what’s being claimed as the highest price ever paid at auction for… Read More
Episode 548: August 17, 2015
The “Bourbon Boom” has led to a corresponding boom in the publishing industry, with almost as many new Bourbon books as there are Bourbons on… Read More
Japanese Whiskies Dominate Bonhams Hong Kong Auction
February 7, 2015 – While two rare Macallan single malts led the overall bidding, Japanese whiskies dominated the action at Bonhams’ latest whisky auction Friday… Read More
Kavalan Takes Top Honors In 2014 Malt Maniacs Awards
December 15, 2014 – A Kavalan single malt from Taiwan’s King Car Distillery took the overall “Supreme Champion” award in the 2014 Malt Maniacs Awards.… Read More
Episode 500: October 6, 2014
This is a special episode of WhiskyCast – not only is it the 500th episode, but it’s the second of two episodes this weekend from… Read More
Episode 492: August 16, 2014
Chuck Cowdery is regarded as one of the top Bourbon writers around, and is one of the few writers to be inducted into the Kentucky… Read More
Japanese Whiskies Dominate Bonhams Hong Kong Auction
August 16, 2014 – While one of the usual suspects led the overall bidding at Bonhams in Hong Kong during Friday’s auction of rare whiskies,… Read More
Wealth Solutions Teams Up With Gordon & MacPhail On 1948 Glen Grant
May 13, 2014 – Wealth Solutions, the Warsaw-based investment firm, has collaborated with Gordon & MacPhail on its third release of a rare single malt… Read More
This Week’s New Whiskies
May 10, 2014 – Distilleries are preparing for a new round of releases, and here’s the latest that we have confirmation on… Diageo is releasing… Read More