The Canadian Whiskey Boom // The Story of Crown Royal
Send us Fan Mail This week we journey North to our neighbor, Canada, and learn about the history of their version of rye whiskey. Kurt and Sarah take you on the journey of how the smoothness of Canadi...
9 Jul 202512min
Scotch's Struggles and Successes // As Lighter Spirits Gained Traction in the 1970’s
Send us Fan Mail The 1970s were a decade of high highs and sobering lows for Scotch whisky. In this episode Kurt and Sarah unpack the boom of scotch in Italy, specifically the rise of Glen Grant thank...
2 Jul 202513min
Nikka and Yamazaki // Japan’s Quiet Revolution of the 1970s
Send us Fan Mail Before Japanese whisky became a global sensation, a quiet revolution was brewing in the distilleries of Nikka and Yamazaki. In this episode, Kurt and Sarah take a deep dive into the t...
25 Jun 202516min
The Queen of Peat // Bessie Williamson and the Legacy of Laphroaig
Send us Fan Mail We journey to the windswept shores of Islay to uncover the story of a woman who defied expectations and helped shape the world of Scotch whisky — Bessie Williamson. As the first femal...
18 Jun 202512min
Glenfiddich in the 1970’s // The Rise of Single Malt as a Global Phenomenon
Send us Fan Mail We all know, and have likely tasted, a single malt. But it was the 1970’s where the idea of single malt was first marketed and brought to the wider world by a now iconic distiller, Gl...
12 Jun 20259min
Welcome to Whisky in the 1970's // A Period of Transition
Send us Fan Mail We return with a new season of Decades Distilled, and this time we’re traveling to the disco era of the 1970’s. Join Kurt and Sarah as they set the stage for whiskey in the transforma...
4 Jun 20259min
The End of the Whisky Galore Era // The Story of a Shipwreck with 22,000 Cases of Scotch Whisky
Send us Fan Mail We’re detouring a few decades earlier to 1941, when the SS Politician shipwrecked off the coast of a Hebridean island with over 24,000 cases of Scotch whisky. It was the local islande...
4 Jun 202510min
Birth of Glenfiddich, Bunnahabhain, Bruichladdich // The New Distilleries of the 1880's
Send us Fan Mail We wrap up season two with the history of the most iconic Scottish distilleries of the 1880's, from Glenfiddich, Bunnahabhain, Bruichladdich, Scapa and more! So join Kurt and Sarah fo...
26 Feb 202519min
