The World's Hottest Whisky? (WhiskyCast Episode 655: August 20, 2017)
Since our first visit to Taiwan's King Car Distillery in 2011, its Kavalan single malts have arguably become some of the most-acclaimed whiskies in the world, winning top awards in multiple whisky com...
20 Aug 201745min
Distilling Returns to the Birthplace of Scotch Whisky (WhiskyCast Episode 654: August 13, 2017)
Lindores Abbey has a unique place in Scottish history. In 1494, the abbey's Friar John Cor was responsible for the oldest known written reference to whisky distilling in Scotland when the Exchequer Ro...
12 Aug 201757min
Celebrating the World's Whiskies in Dublin (WhiskyCast Episode 653: August 6, 2017)
Whiskies are celebrated at festivals all over the world these days, but there's no place quite like Ireland when it comes to whisk(e)y. The inaugural Dublin Whiskey Festival kicks off this coming week...
6 Aug 201744min
All in the Whiskey Family (WhiskyCast Episode 652: July 30, 2017)
The Likarish family opened Ironroot Republic Distillery in Denison, Texas in 2013. Brothers Jonathan and Robert Likarish handle the distilling, while their mother Marcia serves as distillery manager. ...
30 Jul 201750min
Tales of a Retired Whisky Maker (WhiskyCast Episode 651: July 23, 2017)
Jim Boyko's career took him from the old Seagram's distillery in Waterloo, Ontario to the Canadian prairie in Gimli, Manitoba, and eventually around the world for Diageo. Once he got to Gimli, though,...
23 Jul 201747min
I Spy a Bourbon (WhiskyCast Episode 650: July 16, 2017)
We've seen whisky and movie tie-ins before, but Old Forester's new Statesman Bourbon is a bit different. It's featured in the upcoming movie "Kingsman: The Golden Circle" with Jeff Bridges as the lead...
16 Jul 20171h 3min
The Best Way to Combine Whisky and the Solar Eclipse (WhiskyCast Episode 649: July 9, 2017)
If you're looking for an excuse to take off from work and watch the total solar eclipse that will cross North America on August 21, there's no better place to observe it than at Kentucky's MB Roland D...
9 Jul 201756min
Glencairn's Whisky Glasses Shatter Expectations (WhiskyCast Episode 648: July 2, 2017)
When Raymond Davidson and his sons started marketing the Glencairn Whisky Glass in 2001, they thought the target audience was whisky blenders and industry professionals, and never imagined much consum...
2 Jul 201746min
