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
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A Big Bourbon Weekend in Mississippi (Episode 693: April 29, 2018)
Oxford, Mississippi is known for many things, but Bourbon isn’t usually the first thing you think of. Chef John Currence and his friends might just… 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
Preparing for Whisky’s Next Generation (Episode 682: February 25, 2018)
Distillers like to say they’re not making whisky for themselves, but laying it down for future generations. Part of that process is identifying the young… Read More
Celebrating 5 Years at The Dead Rabbit (Episode 681: February 18, 2018)
Five years ago, Irish expats Jack McGarry and Sean Muldoon bet their futures on opening an Irish pub in New York City’s Financial District. Since… Read More
Whisky & Chocolate: A Divine Combination (Episode 680: February 11, 2018)
With apologies to the legendary Scottish poet Robert Burns, “whisky and chocolate gang tegither!” Good whiskies and fine chocolates actually share many of the same… Read More
Scotch Whisky Exports Reach Record High In 2017
February 9, 2018 – The global boom in whisky sales fueled another record year in Scotch Whisky exports during 2017, according to new statistics released… Read More
A Whisky Dream Realized (Episode 678: January 28, 2018)
Three years ago, we introduced you to Graeme Macaloney, a Scottish-Canadian pharmaceutical engineer with a dream of making his own single malt whisky in British… 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
A Spirited Time in New Brunswick (Episode 668: November 19, 2017)
This time around, we’re on location at the New Brunswick Spirits Festival in Fredericton, New Brunswick…and if you think we get around a lot, spare… Read More
The Tale of “Uncle Nearest” and a Whiskey Legacy (Episode 666: November 5, 2017)
In 2015, Brown-Forman acknowledged what had been an open secret around Lynchburg, Tennessee for generations – that Jack Daniel’s distilling mentor was Nathan “Nearest” Green,… Read More
Single Malts a Bright Spot for Scotch Whisky Exports
October 30, 2017 – Single Malt Scotch Whiskies are one of the few bright spots in the latest report on Scotland’s whisky exports from the… Read More