FEBRUARY 2009 EPISODES
EPISODE 189: FEBRUARY 28, 2009
This is
Whisky Live London weekend, and one of the highlights is the annual Icons of
Whisky Awards. Whisky Magazine editor Rob Allanson gives us the overall
winners, as well as the winners for the world category (Scotland and U.S.
regional winners were announced recently). John Glaser of Compass Box is
bottling a special whisky at the festival this weekend...in hopes of making
people feel more "optimistic" about the state of the world these days. In
the news, the politicians run amok, and a new Irish whiskey website hits the
Internet!
Listen to
this episode (20:15, 9.3 MB)
EPISODE 188: FEBRUARY 22, 2009
Mike
Nicolson spent 36 years working at some of Scotland's leading distilleries
before retiring to British Columbia a few years ago. He's managed Lagavulin,
Royal Lochnagar, and Blair Athol...just to name a few, and he'll share some
of his memories with us in this week's episode. In the news, the finalists
have been announced in the Spirit of Speyside Festival Whisky Awards, the
Famous Grouse has plans to migrate to India, and Malt Advocate cuts the cost
of tickets for WhiskyFest Chicago.
Listen to
this episode (21:25, 9.9 MB)
EPISODE 187: FEBRUARY 16, 2009
This week...the winner of the "Pick the Interview" poll on the WhiskyCast
Facebook page! We'll hear from Fred Laing of Douglas Laing & Co. about
working with both blends and single cask bottlings, his family's history in
the whisky business...his stories about Richard Paterson and Jim
McEwan...and how he was almost traded for a distillery! In the news, Diageo
and Pernod Ricard cope with the recession, Kentucky distillers protest a tax
increase by dumping bourbon on the steps of the State Capitol...and Mount
Vernon marks Presidents' Day by firing up the stills at George Washington's
Distillery...
Listen to
this episode (33:00, 15.1 MB)
EPISODE 186: FEBRUARY 8, 2009
A
double feature this time around! If you've ever wanted to make your own
whisky, the folks at New York's Tuthilltown Spirits are willing to teach
you...and let you use their distillery! We'll also get some tips for
surviving your first whisky festival from some veterans, and Facebook users
can help decide the topic of the next episode of WhiskyCast!
Listen to
this episode (26:35, 12.2 MB)
EPISODE 185: FEBRUARY 1, 2009
Marcel Van Gils has been collecting Laphroaig expressions since 1997, and
the Dutch dentist has what is likely the world's largest collection of
Laphroaigs. His collection even includes the empty cask Prince Charles
signed during a visit to the distillery in 1994! Marcel will tell us about
his collection in this episode, and in the news, more on the Glen Breton
controversy, U.S. whisky sales are being affected by the recession, and
we'll hear from James Robertson of Tullibardine and Frances DuPuy of A.
Dewar Rattray.
Listen to
this episode (22:30, 10.4 MB)
