Teacher’s

This week, we’re in Victoria, British Columbia for one of the world’s best whisky festivals, the 15th annual Victoria Whisky Festival! This year’s event also… Read More

While some entrepreneurs are trying to cash in on the Bourbon boom by starting new whiskey brands, others are looking to history for heritage brands… Read More

February 20, 2017 – Brown-Forman has now confirmed the hiring of veteran master blender Rachel Barrie as the new whisky maker for its Scotch Whisky… Read More

April 30, 2014 – Japan’s Suntory Holdings has officially completed its $16 billion (USD) acquisition of Beam, Inc., creating the world’s third-largest spirits company with… Read More

May 2, 2013 – Beam Inc. reported first quarter earnings of $0.64/ share today, well above the estimates from Wall Street analysts. The 21% gain… Read More

Scotch Whisky exports account for 80% of all Scottish food and drink exports each year, along with about 25% of all UK food and drink… Read More

Mike Padlipsky had two loves…software and whisky. He also had one mission…to find what he thought of as the world’s best single malt whisky. Sadly,… Read More

Back at home, but with Paris still on my mind, and plenty of news to catch up on! We’ll catch up with more news on… Read More

Robert Hicks tried to retire a couple of years ago as the Master Blender at Teacher’s, Laphroaig, and Ardmore…but he’s busier than ever these days.… Read More

Good things take time, and after 109 years, Ardmore is finally being released as a single malt. Until now, all of the Aberdeenshire distillery’s output… Read More

There’s a new generation of whisky makers coming into their own, and we’ll hear from one of them in this episode. Iain McCallum told us… Read More

Ever wondered whether the CEO’s of whisky companies get any special perks? In this week’s episode, we’ll get the answer from Tom Flocco, CEO of… Read More