There are a lot of issues facing the world of whisky and spirits these days, and we’ll discuss many of them on this week’s WhiskyCast.… Read More
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European Court of Justice Rejects Scotland’s Minimum Unit Pricing Plan
December 23, 2015 – The European Court of Justice handed Scotch Whisky producers an early Christmas present today, ruling that the Scottish Government’s plan to… Read More
Episode 564: November 29, 2015
This week, we’ll be talking about whisky and education. Not teaching people how to drink whisky, but how to make it! There aren’t many university-level… Read More
Episode 561: November 7, 2015
Scotland’s Glenturret Distillery celebrated its 240th anniversary this week by gathering 240 people at The Famous Grouse Experience for a toast, and by announcing the… Read More
Trademark Battle Pits David Against Kentucky’s Goliath
November 6, 2015 – “I love the Cats…I’m a big basketball fan!” Like many people around the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Colin Fultz lives and dies… Read More
Episode 560: October 31, 2015
Popular, yet controversial in many ways, WhistlePig Farm’s distillery has finally opened after a series of lengthy delays and disputes. Founder Raj Peter Bhakta spent… Read More
Trademark Suit Filed Over Kentucky’s Old Taylor Distillery Restoration
October 30, 2015 – The inevitable lawsuit could have been predicted from the moment that plans were announced last year to restore the historic Old… Read More
Sazerac to Revive Michael Collins Irish Whiskey Brand
October 9, 2015 – Sazerac plans to revive the Michael Collins Irish Whiskey brand after acquiring the intellectual property rights to the defunct brand this… Read More
Silver Trail Distillery’s Story of Survival
Kentucky had not had a fatal distillery accident since Prohibition until the morning of April 24, 2015, when the still at the Silver Trail Distillery… Read More
Jim Beam Wins Dismissal Of Labeling Lawsuit
August 25, 2015 – If two rulings are a trend, then three might be enough to set a precedent…so to speak. Lawyers for Beam Suntory… Read More
Episode 546: August 1, 2015
Scotland’s Bladnoch Distillery will be 200 years old in 2017, but for more than a year, it was fair to question whether one of the… Read More
Distilling Safety Initiative Underway in Kentucky
July 31, 2015 – Kentucky distillers will sit down with investigators from the State Fire Marshal’s office and other agencies next month to discuss the… Read More

