American History...With the Whiskey Stuff Included!
There are lots of things about American history that never make into the history textbooks. For instance, the Mayflower left for America with three times as much beer on board as drinking water, and w...
12 Jul 202159min
Ayrshire's Lochlea Distillery Starts to Bloom
The Ayrshire farm where Scotland's legendary bard, Robert Burns, once worked the fields has now become intertwined with another Burns legacy: his love for whisky. The family-owned Lochlea Farm opened ...
5 Jul 202159min
Drinking: Is It In Our DNA?
Why do we drink, even though we know drinking too much isn't good for us? Is it human nature...perhaps in our DNA? Since there are people with a genetic mutation that makes them sick when they drink, ...
28 Jun 20211h 7min
Dickel Sings a New Tune...the Bourbon Blues
Is Tennessee Whiskey Bourbon? That argument has divided whisky lovers for years, but Nicole Austin says it is. She's the head distiller and general manager at Diageo's Cascade Hollow Distillery, the h...
20 Jun 202150min
Bringing Transparency to Japanese Whisky
Earlier this year, Japan's whisky makers agreed on a voluntary definition for "Japanese Whisky" after decades of quietly blending their own whiskies with imported whiskies from Scotland, Canada, and e...
14 Jun 202158min
Back to Basics for Brendan McCarron
Brendan McCarron had a safe, secure job as Dr. Bill Lumsden's hand-picked "heir apparent" on the Glenmorangie and Ardbeg whisky creation team, but he was missing something. Earlier this year, he jumpe...
7 Jun 202157min
The Empire (Rye) Strikes Back
Before Prohibition, New York was known for its Rye whiskies distilled from locally-grown grain. Decades later, a new generation of New York State craft distillers came up with the Empire Rye concept a...
31 Mai 202144min
Making Whisky Both Traditional and Sustainable
Distillers depend on the environment for every ingredient that goes into making whisky and are under increasing pressure to reduce the environmental impact of making whisky, even at distilleries that ...
24 Mai 20211h 1min
