Episode 10: Masataka and Rita Taketsuru, A Whisky Love Story
It's 100 years since Rita Cowan fell in love with her family's Japanese lodger, Masataka Taketsuru, when he stayed with her family while studying Organic Chemistry at Glasgow University. They were mar...
6 Feb 202022min
Episode 9: Sam Heughan
Whisky Talk travels to Glencoe to catch up with Scottish actor Sam Heughan, otherwise known as Jamie Fraser in the historical time travel series Outlander. We find out about his passion for Scotch, hi...
7 Nov 20196min
Episode 8: Jerez
Join us on a journey to Jerez, to immerse ourselves in Spain’s Sherry Triangle and explore the synergy between the worlds of whisky and sherry. We visit cooperages to find out about the booming indust...
1 Nov 201918min
Episode 7: Leith's whisky history, Tomatin and Tamdhu
Join us to find out more about Leith's whisky history with a walking tour of the area, with the Society's Vaults members' room at the heart of it. Then we'll head north to visit Tomatin distillery and...
31 Jul 201924min
Episode 6: From Glen Scotia to Jura and Islay's Ardnahoe
The Scotch Malt Whisky Society travels from Glen Scotia in Campbeltown, where Iain McAlister explains why there's a new buzz around the distillery, to Jura to meet distillery manager Graham Logan and ...
20 Jun 201925min
Episode 5: Whisky pilgrims at the Islay Festival
Join The Scotch Malt Whisky Society in the splendid surroundings of Islay House, where members and whisky pilgrims have gathered for the Islay Whisky Festival and the Society’s Open Day. Whisky Talk m...
29 Mai 20199min
Episode 4: Tobermory, The Golden Dram and the Northern Pole of Inaccessibility
In this episode, we catch up with Tobermory distillery’s master blender Kirstie McCallum, find out about the documentary Scotch – The Golden Dram from its director Andrew Peat, and hear from an advent...
18 Mai 201927min
Episode 3: Sandy Hyslop
Sandy Hyslop, director of blending at Chivas Brothers talks to our Spirits Manager, Euan Campbell from his sample room in Dumbarton near Glasgow. Hyslop has spent a lifetime working in whisky and is r...
29 Apr 201930min
