SEPTEMBER 2009 EPISODES
EPISODE 219: SEPTEMBER 26, 2009
A double
feature this week...the latest issue of Malt Advocate is out. John Hansell
will give us a preview, and we'll also talk about next month's WhiskyFest in
San Francisco. Mikael Mossvall of Mackmyra will give us an update on
Sweden's only single malt whisky and plans to export it to the U.S. in 2010.
In the news, Jack and Jim pull out of NASCAR, new whiskies from Compass Box,
Benromach, and Douglas Laing, and tasting notes for 10 different whiskies!
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this episode (46:00, 21.1 MB)
EPISODE 218: SEPTEMBER 19, 2009
The
Macallan folks like to do things big...like the new $15,000 Macallan Lalique
expression: 57-year-old Macallan in a Lalique decanter! Ken Grier is the
director of malts for Macallan parent Edrington Group, and he'll update us
on the latest from the Macallan and Highland Park, including the 1824
Collection series of travel retail expressions and the upcoming Highland
Park 1964 and 1968 vintage releases. In the news, the Bourbon Hall of Fame
welcomes 7 new members, $20,000 gets you your own whisky from Whyte and
Mackay, and a look at the science of the cocktail.
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this episode (32:40, 15 MB)
EPISODE 217: SEPTEMBER 12, 2009
This time around, we'll have highlights from the Whisky Guild's "Whisky on
the Hudson" cruise, including the US debuts of the Balvenie Madeira Cask,
Suntory's Hibiki blended whisky, and Laphroaig's new 18-year-old Scotch. In
the news, Bowmore comes out with another edition of its legendary 1964
whiskies, Kilchoman debuts its first single malt, and bureaucrats on the
loose!
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this episode (43:35, 20 MB)
EPISODE 216: SEPTEMBER 6, 2009
For the first time, Diageo is releasing single cask bottlings from all 27 of
its malt distilleries in Scotland. Diageo's malt master, Dr. Nick Morgan,
explains how the Manager's Choice malts were selected, and also previews
this year's Distiller's Edition series of single malts. Graeme Wallace will
preview the first Whisky Show in London coming up in November, and we'll
listen in on the first (ri)1 Iron Bartender Competition held in New York
this past week. In the news, new single malts from Ardbeg, Bowmore,
Edradour, and Glen Garioch, and I taste a 30-year-old Lagavulin!
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this episode (35:00, 16.1 MB)
