Ian Buxton: "Craft Whisky is Like P*rnography"
Ian Buxton is back with another edition in his popular "101 Whiskies" series, "101 Craft and World Whiskies to Try Before You Die." This time, he's defining craft whiskies using a similar standard to ...
14 Des 202154min
A Million Miles From Laphroaig to Lochlea
John Campbell shocked the Scotch Whisky world a couple of months ago when he disclosed his plans to leave Islay's Laphroaig Distillery after 27 years, with the last 16 as distillery manager. At the ti...
7 Des 202146min
Putting the Bardstown in Bourbon
Bourbon is booming, and perhaps no distiller is riding the waves of the Bourbon boom more aggressively than Bardstown Bourbon Company. Over its first five years of production, it's expanded to the poi...
29 Nov 202152min
Distilling Heirloom Grains at a Heritage Distillery
The grain used to make many of today's whiskies isn't always picked for its flavor, but that's not the distiller's fault. Blame the commodity grain system, in which the largest grain customers determi...
19 Nov 202149min
Teamwork...In the Pits and the Distillery
Stock car racing got its start when illicit whiskey makers took their souped-up cars to the track after outrunning the police at night, but Tom and Kim Carter Bard have flipped the script on that stor...
11 Nov 202135min
Climate Change's Impact ON Scotch Whisky
Much has been written, and done, about the impact of Scotch Whisky production on climate change over the last decade. Much less has been written about the potential impacts of climate change to Scotch...
2 Nov 202156min
Whiskey from California's Wine Country
Northern California is known for its wines, but distillers have been quietly making excellent whiskies there for many years. Now, Sonoma County's Redwood Empire Distillery is releasing its first bottl...
27 Okt 202159min
An Independent Voice for American Whisky
Independent bottlers buy casks of whisky and sell them under their own labels, and while they're common in Scotland and other parts of the world, independent bottlers are much less common in the Unite...
20 Okt 202150min
