JANUARY 2009 EPISODES
EPISODE 184: JANUARY 26, 2009
Bonus
coverage from the Victoria Whisky Festival, as the local Scottish community
gathered to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the birth of Robert Burns.
We'll hear from Euan Mitchell of Isle of Arran, the only distiller
authorized to use the Burns name on Scotch whisky. Warning: This
episode contains bagpipe music! ;)
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this episode (12:46, 5.9 MB)
EPISODE 183: JANUARY 25, 2009
This week,
WhiskyCast is in British Columbia for the Victoria Whisky Festival! It may
e the only whisky festival with ticket scalpers because of
the many whisky lovers in the area, and distilleries came from all over the
world to show off their whiskies. We'll hear from Andrew Currie, who's
building Vancouver Island's first single malt distillery...along with Ron
Stothers of Alberta's Highwood Distillers, Peter Currie of Springbank,
Andrew Gray of Bruichladdich, and Ashok Chokalingam of Amrut. There's also
news about thieves hitting the old Rosebank Distillery...and stealing the
stills!
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episode (35:45, 16.4 MB)
EPISODE 182: JANUARY 19, 2009
The Spirit
of Speyside Festival is still a few months away, but it's not too soon to
start making your travel plans. In fact, tickets for the Festival events go
on sale starting today! We'll get a preview of the biggest Spirit of
Speyside Festival yet from director Ros Lewis. In the news, Sazerac buys a
second Kentucky distillery to go along with Buffalo Trace, Jack Daniel's
celebrates the Obama inauguration, Glenmorangie releases Astar to the world,
and the peatiest Ardbeg ever!
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this episode (22:15, 10.2 MB)
EPISODE 181: JANUARY 10, 2009
Glen Grant has been producing whisky along the River Spey since 1840, and in
that time, there have been only eight distillery managers. Dennis Malcolm
was born at the distillery, and is in his second stint as manager. We'll
hear from Dennis about the history and the future of Glen Grant, which
includes exporting its malts to the United States. In the news, new whiskies
from The Balvenie and Wemyss Vintage Malts, Woodford Reserve prepares for
its annual whiskey schools, and a look at the start of Homecoming in
Scotland to mark the 250th anniversary of Robert Burns' birth.
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this episode (24:10, 11.1 MB)
EPISODE 180: JANUARY 3, 2009
Many of the microdistillers producing whisky got their inspiration from the
craft brewing boom of the last 15 years, and more craft brewers are being
inspired to use whisky barrels to age their beers. Greg Hall of Chicago's
Goose Island Beer Company has been making bourbon barrel-aged stout for
years, while newcomers like James Watt of Scotland's BrewDog Brewery and
Christopher Bird of the Lexington Brewing Company are producing their own
variations on the concept. In the news, GlenDronach outlines its plans
for 2009 under Billy Walker's leadership and Kilchoman starts teasing us
with plans to release its first single malt.
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this episode (20:00, 9.2 MB)
