Plenty
of news in this episode: A Nova Scotia distillery wins its battle with the
Scotch Whisky Association...for now, India may give in to demands to reduce
its stiff tariffs on imported spirits, whisky accounted for $5 billion in
U.S. sales during 2006, Laphroaig adds a lounge at the distillery just for
its Friends, and the new issue of Malt Advocate magazine is out!
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(17:30, 7.0 MB)
EPISODE 76: JANUARY 21, 2007
Scotland celebrates the 248th anniversary of the birth of
Robert Burns this week...and the world celebrates with
Scotland. Burns
Suppers are held all over the world...for just a few people or a few hundred
people. We'll get the details on hosting your own Burns Supper, as well as a
look at the life and legacy of Robert Burns. In the news, there's word of
new distribution deals for William Grant & Sons and Blackadder, a new web
site for the Scotch Whisky Association, and the latest issue of Whisky
Magazine is in the mail.
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EPISODE 75: JANUARY 14, 2007
Jim
McEwan is one of whisky's most outspoken ambassadors. As production manager
at Bruichladdich, he's been responsible for bringing a silent distillery
back to life, and creating some of the more unusual single malts around.
He'll share some of his stories with us in this episode. In the news...one
of Jim's proteges gets a promotion, there's a new production manager at
Glenfarclas, and Bunnahabhain opens the doors to its online store.
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(17:00, 6.9 MB)
EPISODE 74: JANUARY 7, 2007
Welcome to 2007, and if you're in
New York, your assignment is to
go to the library. Not the big building with a bunch of books, but the
Brandy Library in
Manhattan's Tribeca
neighborhood. We'll talk with spirit sommelier Ethan Kelley about one of
America's best whisky
bars. In the news, researchers have found new photos of Laphroaig legend
Bessie Williamson, Burn Stewart brings out a 10-year-old Ledaig single malt,
Maker's Mark announces the dates for its annual Thoroughbreds and Redheads
Weekend in April, and honors for Malt Maniac-turned writer Ulf Buxrud.
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