Irish Whiskey makers once dominated the world with their single pot still whiskies, but the collapse of Ireland’s whiskey industry a century ago closed… Read More
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New Year, More WhiskyCast! (Episode 852: January 3, 2021)
Welcome to a new year, fans of the Water of Life! That’s exactly what we’ll be talking about on this week’s WhiskyCast In-Depth. “The Water… Read More
U.S. To Allow 700ml Whisky Bottles For First Time
December 28, 2020 – Years of frustration from America’s whisky lovers may be near an end, as the federal government is about to open up… Read More
Ireland’s Slane Distillery Coming of Age (Episode 833: August 23, 2020)
It’s been almost three years since Brown-Forman and the Conyngham family fired up the stills at Slane Distillery on the family’s Slane Castle estate near… Read More
Scotch Whisky Puts Out the Welcome Mat…Slowly (Episode 828: July 19, 2020)
Tourism has become a major part of the Scotch Whisky industry, with two million people visiting distilleries in both 2018 and 2019. 2020, the “Year… Read More
A Bonny Wee Distillery in Edinburgh (Episode 827: July 12, 2020)
Edinburgh’s newest malt whisky distillery opened with a bang – or perhaps, a cough. That’s because the Bonnington Distillery had barely filled its first few… Read More
Making the Malt that Makes the Whisky (Episode 821: May 31, 2020)
Malted barley is critical to the making of many whiskies around the world, and this week, we’ll take you inside the malting process with a… Read More
WhistlePig’s Great Beer Rescue of 2020 (Episode 817: May 3, 2020)
Whisky is what beer dreams of being when it grows up, but the Covid-19 pandemic has left craft brewers with tens of thousands of gallons… Read More
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
Potential Changes in U.S. Spirits Sizes Draw Mixed Reactions
June 10, 2019 – While the Treasury Department’s Tax & Trade Bureau has not yet officially published a proposed regulatory change to eliminate most requirements… Read More
Blackened Whiskey Begins the Next Chapter (Episode 771: June 9, 2019)
Rock bands often sound differently after they replace a member, and the members of Metallica considered Master Distiller Dave Pickerell to be part of their… Read More
Your Tax Dollars…Not at Work! (Episode 749: January 13, 2019)
The partial shutdown of the U.S. federal government is now the longest on record, and it is having an impact on the whisky business. Two… Read More