Each podcast features brand-new content, and unless there’s a special occasion, we don’t do “best of” shows. Our very first episode of Whisk圜ast dropped on November 12, 2005, and thanks for joining us each week in our 17th year as the world’s longest-running whisky podcast series!Įach week, veteran journalist Mark Gillespie brings you the latest whisky news, in-depth interviews, tasting notes, and much more. If you have an idea for a guest you’d like to see on one of our webcasts or a way that we can help you learn more about whisky, just use the contact form or catch us on social media. The on-demand replay is available now at the Whisk圜ast YouTube channel, and the podcast version will be out later this week. Wyoming Whiskey Co-founder David DeFazio joined us on the latest Happy Hour Live webcast.
In the meantime, you can watch on-demand replays of our previous webcasts on the Whisk圜ast YouTube channel! Our Friday #HappyHourLive webcasts will return in September. We’ll also have details on the whopping $19 million dollar price tag for a single cask of Ardbeg! In the news, former Old Forester master taster Jackie Zykan has announced her plans for a new whiskey brand, while her former colleagues have released one of her final Old Forester whiskies. She’ll tell us what that first dram was and how she learned to love whisky on this week’s Whisk圜ast In-Depth. We all have our own whisky stories to tell, and author Shelley Sackier is sharing hers in the new book “Make It a Double.” She’s gone from hating that first sip of whisky to becoming director of distillery education at Virginia’s Reservoir Distillery over the years, and the book combines serious whisky knowledge with her own unique sense of humor. “Make It a Double” with Author Shelley Sackier (July 10, 2022) In the news, local officials have given the green light for Islay’s 12th distillery, while two Virginia men are facing felony charges for selling details on the state’s allocations of rare Bourbons and a UK retailer has come up with a special whisky to celebrate the departure of Prime Minister Boris Johnson. She’ll explain why she made the move…and why she’s nervous about it…on this week’s Whisk圜ast In-Depth. She’s leading the team behind the new Hidden Barn whiskey brand, and their debut Bourbon hits the market this week. Jackie Zykan could have kept the security of her corporate job as the master taster for Brown-Forman’s Old Forester whiskies, but she decided the time was right to spread her wings and fly. Jackie Zykan’s New Challenge (July 17, 2022)