Whisky Lessons from a Century Ago
A century ago, Masataka Taketsuru was using the lessons he learned during his time in Scotland to build Japan's emerging whisky industry armed with a notebook full of information. While that notebook ...
16 Jan 20221h 4min
Uncovering Evidence of Scotland's Whisky History
The excisemen of Scotland's past never found all of the illegal whisky stills being used around the country, and traces of those illicit distilleries can be found to this day...if one knows where to l...
10 Jan 202254min
10 Years of Brooklyn-Style Rye
We'll start the New Year off with an anniversary...the 1oth anniversary for the New York Distilling Co. in Brooklyn's North Williamsburg neighborhood. Allen Katz and his partners opened their distille...
3 Jan 202250min
Nick Savage: Action Hero or Whisky Maker?
OK, the headline is a tease...of course Dr. Nick Savage is a whisky maker. In fact, he's been the master distiller and blender at Scotland's Bladnoch Distillery for the last couple of years. He's just...
27 Dec 202148min
Texas Whisky, Texas Music: Balcones and ZZ Top Join Forces
There are plenty of collaborations between whisky makers and the entertainment world, from singers and bands to actors who want to make their own whiskies. What's the key to making one of these collab...
19 Dec 202145min
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 Dec 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 Dec 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
