Sat, 27 September 2008
This week, WhiskyCast is in Lebanon, Kentucky for the Marion County Country Ham Days Festival. This year's festival honors Independent Stave's Kentucky Cooperage, the local cooperage that supplies barrels for every one of Kentucky's bourbon distilleries, and you'll get a rare insider's tour in this special episode of WhiskyCast. In fact, the cooperage supplies 9 out of every 10 casks for the county's only distillery, Maker's Mark in nearby Loretto, and we'll also hear
from master distiller Kevin Smith.
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Mon, 22 September 2008
Here's a
special bonus episode from Whisky Live Paris...on location at one of the world's
great bars. Hemingway drank at Harry's, Parisians drink at Harry's...and now,
WhiskyCast goes to Harry's New York Bar. Thierry Benitah of La Maison du Whisky
joins us for this special episode...his family has been supplying whisky to
Harry's for 52 years, and he'll share some of the history of Harry's and La
Maison du Whisky with us. We'll also hear from Suntory's Mike Miyamoto and
Kamiguchi Naofumi of Nikka about their latest and most unusual whiskies that
have the French going "incroyable!"
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Sun, 21 September 2008
Time now for part two of WhiskyCast's special coverage of Whisky Live Paris!
We'll get an update on Islay's newest distillery, Kilchoman...where the
first spirit reaches legal age later this year, and the new boss at
Glendronach, Billy Walker of BenRiach fame, has plans to turn his team's new
acquisition loose and let the spirit go free! We'll also hear from Dennis
Malcolm of Glen Grant, Steven Teeling of Cooley, and Michael Urquhart of
Gordon & MacPhail...and in the author's corner...Hans Offringa tells us
about his new books on the history of Laphroaig and "A Taste of Whisky," and
Ulf Buxrud shares details of his new book on Japanese whiskies.
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Sun, 21 September 2008
It's Whisky Live weekend in Paris, and this is Part 1 of special coverage of
an amazing weekend! We'll find out why the French are so passionate about
whisky, and not just drinking it, but distilling it as well! Aberlour's Ann
Miller weighs in, along with Jean Metzger of Uberach Distillery, Jean Donnay
of Glann Ar Mor, and Whisky Magazine France editor Martine Nouet. Andrew
Symington updates us on new releases from Edradour and Signatory, and I'll
have details on the sale of Glen Moray to a French company and the new
members of the Bourbon Hall of Fame.
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Sun, 14 September 2008
Canadian Club celebrates its 150th anniversary starting this month, and we'll discuss the distillery's history with long-time ambassador brand ambassador Dan Tullio. We'll also taste the new Canadian Club 30-year-old whiskey being released to celebrate the anniversary. In the news, we'll also hear from Glenmorangie's Dr. Bill Lumsden about the new Glenmorangie Signet and an update on the sale of Glen
Moray, along with new duty-free Glenrothes and Balvenie expressions.
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Sat, 6 September 2008
We're just a week or so away from a week that may make Derby Week look almost boring in Louisville...the combination of Ryder Cup week and Kentucky Bourbon Festival Week! Knob Creek Whiskey Professor and Louisville native Bernie Lubbers gives us some ideas of how to spend time in Louisville when you're in the area to visit the bourbon distilleries. In the news...an update from New Orleans and our
friends at the Museum of the American Cocktail after Hurricane Gustav.
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