December 2, 2015 – David Urquhart, widely credited with helping his family’s Gordon & MacPhail spirits business achieve worldwide prominence, has died at the age… Read More
Scotch
Episode 563: November 21, 2015
This week, we’re at Canada’s oldest whisky festival…the New Brunswick Spirits Festival in Fredericton, New Brunswick. The festival is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year,… Read More
New Scotch Whiskies From Dewar’s & Grant’s
November 16, 2015 – The holidays are bringing more new whiskies, with new releases announced from Dewar’s and Grant’s at both ends of the price… Read More
Making a Whisky Glass: Don’t Try This At Home!
Whisky glasses come in all kinds of shapes and sizes, and while most of us have our own personal favorite style of glass, they all… 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
Episode 558: October 17, 2015
George Washington’s Scottish distiller never made single malt whisky at Mount Vernon in the 18th Century, but Scottish distillers John Campbell, Bill Lumsden, and Andy… Read More
The Jim Beveridge Interview
Jim Beveridge, Ph.D. has been blending the Johnnie Walker whiskies for most of his 36 years in the whisky business, but it’s rare to find… Read More
Episode 557: October 10, 2015
It’s rare that we talk about spirits other than whiskies on WhiskyCast, but with many people complaining that rising prices for single malts are forcing… Read More
What’s In a Name? A Potential Controversy…
October 5, 2015 – In Romeo & Juliet, Shakespeare asked the immortal question: “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any… Read More
Episode 555: September 28, 2015
In this special bonus episode from Whisky Live Paris, we’ll have more highlights from one of Europe’s top whisky festivals. We’ll look at the recent… Read More
Heaven Hill Tops US Icons of Whisky Awards
September 24, 2015 – Heaven Hill Brands led the list of winners in Whisky Magazine’s 2016 Icons of Whisky Awards US round, winning Distiller of… Read More
Scotch Whisky Exports Fall in 2014
April 1, 2015 – For the second consecutive year, Scotch Whisky exports declined on an annual basis in 2014, according to new figures released today… Read More