One sign of the Bourbon boom worldwide can be found in Great Britain, where the British Bourbon Society was founded in 2016 by six whisky… Read More
Old Pulteney
Bourbon Keeps Him Busy…Really! (Episode 721: August 26, 2018)
If Fred Minnick had any more balls in the air right now, the circus would be calling him with a job offer as a juggler.… Read More
Doubling Distilleries on the Isle of Arran (Episode 720: August 19, 2018)
It’s been a hot, dry summer in Scotland, and Euan Mitchell isn’t complaining a bit. The managing director of Isle of Arran Distillers is overseeing… Read More
A Double Whammy for US Whisky Distillers (Episode 706: June 14, 2018)
Tax cuts that took effect at the start of 2018 encouraged many US whisky distillers to expand their facilities. Now, they’re caught in the middle… Read More
Challenging Whisky’s Norms at Eden Mill (Episode 694: May 3, 2018)
The area around St. Andrews was home to Scotch Whisky’s Haig family and their Seggie Distillery, but after it closed in 1850, the whisky industry… 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
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
Wick’s Whisky Wizard: Pulteney’s Malcolm Waring (Episode 669: November 26, 2017)
Pulteney Distillery manager Malcolm Waring wasn’t born in Wick, Scotland, but there’s no place he’d rather be … three decades after getting his first job… Read More
Babysitting the Whisky Barrels (Episode 664: October 22, 2017)
Managing a whisky warehouse is sort of like running a day care center…but a lot quieter. Corby’s Donald Campbell is responsible for 1.3 million barrels… Read More
Live at The Whisky Show in London (Episode 661: October 1, 2017)
This week, we’re in London for the annual Whisky Show at Old Billingsgate on the banks of the River Thames! We’ll catch up with a… Read More
I Spy a Bourbon (Episode 650: July 16, 2017)
We’ve seen whisky and movie tie-ins before, but Old Forester’s new Statesman Bourbon is a bit different. It’s featured in the upcoming movie “Kingsman: The… Read More
A Tale of Texas Whiskey at Balcones (Episode 646: June 18, 2017)
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