Distilling Irish Whiskey History
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 dozens of distilleries and consigned their uni...
11 Jan 20211h
New Year, More WhiskyCast!
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 of Life" is a new Scotch Whisky documentary film that will d...
4 Jan 202154min
Ending 2020 On a High Note
2020 will not be remembered well by many people, but there have been a few bright spots for whisky lovers. One is the arrival of the first official distillery bottling from Kentucky's Castle & Key Dis...
28 Des 20201h 4min
Walking Through 200 Years of Johnnie Walker's History
We have breaking news heading into the holiday week, as it appears the U.S. Congress will make a federal excise tax break for distillers permanent. The details are still tentative, and we have the lat...
21 Des 20201h 6min
Heaven Hill Celebrates 85 Years of Whiskey
85 years ago today, the five Shapira brothers and their partners opened Heaven Hill Distillery in Bardstown, Kentucky. The Shapira family is still in charge today, with second-generation company presi...
14 Des 20201h 2min
Auction Houses Bid for Whisky Collectors' Business
With more people looking at rare whiskies as investments, more of the world's top auction houses are adding spirits experts to their in-house wine teams. That was just one of the moves Sotheby's made ...
7 Des 20201h 6min
Buying Whisky by the Barrel...or the Bottle
It's never been easier to buy an entire cask of whisky...at least in theory. While more distilleries are offering the opportunity to pick a special cask of whisky, the demand for casks far outpaces th...
30 Nov 202049min
A First for Craft Distilling
Craft distillers dream of not only having their whiskies alongside those of the major global brands, but outselling them. For the Quint family of Iowa's Cedar Ridge Winery & Distillery, that dream has...
23 Nov 202057min
