Westland Distillery

The collapse of Washington’s Skagit Valley Malting last month left distillers and brewers alike searching for new suppliers of malted barley. The craft maltster had… Read More

The Scotch Whisky industry is roaring along, setting new records for sales every year as the global demand for whisky continues to grow. The last… Read More

Westland Distillery co-founder Matt Hofmann is leaving the Seattle distillery at the end of the month to pursue new adventures. With no specific plans for… Read More

One normally does not associate rye whisky with Scotland. Rye hasn’t been widely used by Scotch whisky distillers for decades, but Inchdairnie Distillery is doing… Read More

In a significant industry change, Diageo chief executive officer Ivan Menezes announced his plans to retire July 1 after 10 years on the job. He’ll… Read More

1983 was a very bad year to be in the Scotch Whisky business. Sales had dried up in the face of changing consumer tastes and… Read More

Melissa Rift’s career path is anything but traditional for a whisky maker. She started out as a family therapist before discovering her passion for Bourbon,… Read More

The luxury whisky market is exploding and whiskies are being released at staggering prices to target both investors and collectors, but what is the market… Read More

Forty Creek master blender Bill Ashburn celebrated his 35th anniversary in the whisky business this week, and he’s one of those blenders content to stay… Read More

Updated July 29, 2022 – American single malt whisky distillers are finally getting the recognition they’ve sought from the U.S. government for the last six years.… Read More

By Mark Gillespie June 15, 2021 – Single malt whiskies have been a mainstay of the whisky world for decades, but in one of the… Read More

In our last episode, we looked at how different types of Rye produce different flavors in whisky. While that’s relatively new understanding for Rye, it’s… Read More