A Sustainable Future for Whisky Distilling
Distillers are always looking to the future. After all, many are laying down casks of whisky for future generations to bottle. Now, more distillers are looking ahead for a different reason...to make s...
5 Apr 202155min
Live Whisky Events Are Returning...Are We Ready?
Virtually every major whisky event worldwide in the past year has been cancelled, postponed, or gone virtual because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Now, live events are returning in Florida, Texas, and Nev...
29 Mars 202154min
Is Whisky Art or Science? Roe & Co.'s Lora Hemy Says "Yes"
Distilling is one of the oldest chemical processes we know of, and many people have made great whiskies without formal training in chemistry. That doesn't necessarily make it an art, though...and Diag...
22 Mars 202152min
A More Inclusive Whisky World? Not Quite Yet...
Women make up a growing percentage of whisky industry leaders, from distillers and blenders to spirits company executives. However, a new study from OurWhisky.com shows that women still have a long wa...
15 Mars 202154min
New Zealand's Whisky Boom
It's been a year since we took WhiskyCast to New Zealand for the first time to do the show from Whisky Galore's DramFest in Christchurch just before the Covid-19 pandemic shut down worldwide travel. S...
8 Mars 202158min
Silicon Valley's Single Malts
Silicon Valley is the technology center of the world, but Virag Saksena has made the switch from mashing together code to mashing barley. He's a former software engineer and Oracle executive who found...
1 Mars 202150min
A Solution to Japan's Whisky Conundrum
Japan's whiskies have been getting more attention on the world stage. While some "Japanese Whiskies" are rightly winning awards in major competitions, others with the same label are often Scotch or Ca...
22 Feb 202145min
Another New Distillery for Islay
Scotland's legendary whisky island is getting yet another new distillery. Local officials have approved the plans for the new Elixir Distillers project just east of Port Ellen, making it the third new...
15 Feb 20211h 8min
