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Thanks a Thousand! (Episode 1000: April 16, 2023)

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We’re celebrating a major milestone this week with the 1000th episode of WhiskyCast! To mark the occasion, Mark went back through the archives to pick some memorable moments and interviews from the past 18 years for this special episode. You’ll hear from legends like the late Parker Beam and Michael Jackson, along with Jimmy Russell, Jim McEwan, Maureen Robinson, Fawn Weaver, and Richard Paterson…just to name a few. This episode is a lot longer than usual, and there’s plenty more that we could have included. In the news, Scotch Whisky Association leaders are hoping to persuade Parliament to reject a Read More »

Glen Grant Unveils New 21-Year-Old Single Malt

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March 26, 2023 – Glen Grant has introduced the oldest permanent addition to its range with a new 21-year-old single malt. The whisky was matured in a combination of Oloroso Sherry butts and hogsheads along with ex-Bourbon barrels, and is bottled at 46% ABV with no chill filtering. “The 18-year-old was our oldest one before, and it was mainly Bourbon wood which gives you much more floral notes to it,” said Master Distiller Dennis Malcolm. The 62-year veteran of the Scotch Whisky industry was on hand this week at an event in New York City to introduce the new whisky. Read More »

Bruichladdich Reveals Port Charlotte Islay Barley 2014

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Bruichladdich Distillery has released Port Charlotte Islay Barley 2014 as the latest release in their island provenance series. Bruichladdich Port Charlotte Islay Barley 2014 is a single malt whisky distilled, matured and bottled on Islay using barley exclusively grown on the island from eight separate farms – each of which is located within a 15 […]

McEwan Honored with MBE

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January 2, 2023 – “For contributions to the Scotch Whisky industry and the community on Islay.” Eleven words that describe a six-decade career in the whisky industry, but not nearly enough to describe Jim McEwan’s career. McEwan was named a member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in King Charles’s first New Year’s Honours List along with Diageo CEO Ivan Menezes, who will be knighted for his services to the business community and equality. “To receive an award like that completely floored me…I never ever, ever, ever, anticipated anything like that, McEwan said in a telephone interview with Read More »

Bruichladdich Dabbles In Black Art

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Islay distillery Bruichladdich has released the 10th and newest installment in their Black Art whisky series – intentionally designed to be a mystery-sourced limited edition with only the head distiller knowing the recipe to Bruichladdich Black Art Edition 10. What is being released about Bruichladdich Black Art Edition 10 is that it is an unpeated […]

Bruichladdich Reveals Single Malts For Barley Exploration Series

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Islay distillery, Bruichladdich, has released a trio of single malts – Bruichladdich Organic Barley 2011, Bruichladdich Bere Barley 2012 and Bruichladdich Islay Barley 2013 – to complete their unpeated 2022 Barley Exploration series. Bruichladdich Organic Barley 2011 is made with 100% Scottish barley cultivated at Mid Coul farm in Inverness, and has been farmed without […]

Brother’s Bond: A Bourbon “Bromance”

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Actors Paul Wesley and Ian Somerhalder discovered their friendship and a mutual love of Bourbon on the set of “The Vampire Diaries” television series. Once the show ended, they decided to launch their own Bourbon brand, Brother’s Bond, and it’s become one of the fastest-growing new Bourbon brands on the market over the last 18 months. While Wesley’s acting career now has him portraying the iconic character of James T. Kirk on “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds,” Somerhalder is practically a full-time whiskey blender. The Bourbon “brothers” join us on this week’s WhiskyCast In-Depth. In the news, the Kentucky Bourbon Read More »

Truffle Hunting for Whisky History (Episode 965: August 14, 2022)

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Andrew Welford is described as a “truffle hunter” for whisky history, but his best find to date didn’t sell for a penny. In fact, he donated an original John Walker & Sons shares ledger from 1944 that he found on eBay to Diageo’s corporate archive in Scotland. We’ll talk with him and Isabel Graham-Youll of Whisky.Auction, who helped bring together the book with its new home. In the news, the Kentucky Bourbon Benefit auction to help the state’s flooding victims is underway with bidding already exceeding $250,000. We’ll have that story and much more, including a Major League Baseball team Read More »

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