We'll
close out the year with a look at a man fulfilling almost every guy's dream.
Keith Wood is a transplanted Englishman in the heart of Munich, Germany,
where beer is a passion. Earlier this year, Keith bought a bar in Munich's Schwabing neighborhood, and now The Arc has become
one of Munich's
best whisky bars. Also...an update on the experiment with a Whisky Works kit
from Ontario's
Premium Bottlers. (Update: The Arc has since closed its doors.)
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EPISODE 124:
DECEMBER 23, 2007
Jim McEwan and the guys at Bruichladdich don't really care what the rest of
the whisky industry thinks of them. They do care greatly what whisky
drinkers think, though...and the passion they share for great whisky leads
them to try the unusual. Sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't...but
there's no denying the passion in each bottle. Jim shares his outspoken
views with us in this episode, and in the news, Whyte & Mackay buys back The
Dalmore's US rights and we
get a lesson on how not to beat the airport security guards.
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EPISODE 123:
DECEMBER 16, 2007
Single
malt scotches and Japan's
single malts are a world apart in geography, and some might say the same
applies to taste as well. This time around, we'll hear from the man behind
Suntory's award-winning Yamazaki single malts, distillery manager Hiroyoshi
"Mike" Miyamoto. Mike also has a history in Scotland, where
he worked at Morrison Bowmore after Suntory purchased it in 1994. That gives
him a unique perspective that few have on whiskies of the world. In the
news, new whiskies and more on the "Macallan 1856" saga.
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EPISODE 122:
DECEMBER 9, 2007
You may want to introduce your non-whisky drinking friends to the "water of
life" during the holidays, but sometimes it takes a little something extra
to get them to try it. We'll take a look at whisky-based cocktails in this
episode with veteran mixologist Bobby Gleason and the winner of Whisky Live
Toronto's bar chefs competition, Shona Jensen. In the news, 10,000 bottles
of Bowmore have been stolen in England,
Dewar's starts a year-long celebration of the 75th anniversary of
Prohibition's repeal, and the Christie's auction of rare whiskies and
spirits in New York brings in more
than $300,000.
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EPISODE 121: DECEMBER 2, 2007
The results are in from this year's Malt Maniacs Whisky Awards, and we'll
get a rundown on the top award-winners from Malt Maniac Davin de
Kergommeaux. In the news, Isle of Jura is phasing out its 21-year-old single
malt, Ian Macleod strikes a deal to export Chieftain's Choice malts to the
US, Christie's pulls a suspect 1856 Macallan from next week's auction in New
York, and Ian Buxton debuts the Whisky Channel online community.
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(20:00, 8.1 MB)
