Scotland’s legendary whisky island is getting yet another new distillery. Local officials have approved the plans for the new Elixir Distillers project just east of… Read More
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Exploring Whisky Through Science (Episode 812: March 29, 2020)
There’s still a lot left to discover about whisky, even though the “water of life” has been around for centuries. Scientists are still unlocking the… Read More
The Future of Whisky? (Episode 769: May 26, 2019)
This week’s episode is certain to arouse the ire of whisky purists. We’re looking at Glyph, a “molecular whiskey” that’s engineered in a lab instead… Read More
About to Buy a Rare Whisky? It Could Be a Fake! (Episode 747: December 30, 2018)
2018 may go down in whisky history as the “Year of the Collector” as whisky collecting became popular not only among connoisseurs, but with investors… Read More
The Archivist Preserving Irish Whiskey’s History
Irish Whiskey’s history has been written over centuries, but Carol Quinn has the unique task of preserving the history that was actually written down. The… Read More
Meet “The Gatekeeper of the Grains” (Episode 673: December 24, 2017)
Distilleries need tons of grain to make their whiskies, and the responsibility for making sure that grain meets quality control standards falls on “The Gatekeeper.”… Read More
Ardbeg Space Experiment Shows Gravity Makes a Difference in Whisky
September 11, 2015 – Only four people know what “whisky” matured in space actually tastes like, and the rest of us can only look at… Read More