Ann Marshall and Scott Blackwell founded High Wire Distilling in Charleston, South Carolina 10 years ago this week. They started out with no distilling experience,… Read More
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Whisky Number One…of One
Distillers around Scotland are teaming up to help the country’s youth through the Distillers’ Charity One of One Auction on October 5. 39 one-of-a-kind bottles… 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
Calls for Change & Diversity in the Whisky Community (Episode 823: June 14, 2020)
Recent protests over racism and police brutality against African-Americans have led to greater calls for diversity throughout American society, and the whisky industry is no… Read More
Whisky Bars in a Post-Pandemic World (Episode 819: May 17, 2020)
As parts of the world begin to reopen following lockdowns to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus, bars are likely to be among the… Read More
Whiskey’s High Wire Act (Episode 775: July 7, 2019)
The husband and wife team of Scott Blackwell and Ann Marshall opened High Wire Distilling six years ago in Charleston, South Carolina to make whiskey,… Read More
Living the Whiskey Life in Cascade Hollow (Episode 757: March 3, 2019)
Nicole Austin made her mark on the American craft distilling movement at Brooklyn’s Kings County Distillery, then spent some time in Ireland working on Tullamore… Read More
Think You Know Bourbon? Here’s a Chance to Prove It! (Episode 748: January 6, 2019)
There are plenty of competitions to find the best whiskies, but what about competitions to find the best whisky tasters? Those are few and far… Read More
On the Road at The Great American Whiskey Fair (Episode 733: October 18, 2018)
This time around, we’re in Columbia, South Carolina for The Great American Whiskey Fair. We’ll talk with local distillers creating unique whiskies with local grains,… Read More
Back Home on Whiskey Row After 99 Years (Episode 732: October 14, 2018)
Old Forester released its final edition in the Whiskey Row series of limited-edition Bourbons this week, and the 1910 Old Fine Whiskey honors the brand’s… Read More
Taking Time Out of the Whisky Bottle (Episode 688: April 8, 2018)
Whisky makers have tried for decades to come up with ways of making young whiskies taste like older ones, but whisky purists will argue that… 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