Whisky and Things

In our penultimate episode of Whisky and Things we finally get round to talking about the deal, the steal, some might say the teal of the century…. The Classic Laddie from Bruichladdich, Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky. We’ve loved what we’ve sampled before so how will their flagship release match up? Also, seeing as next week is our last episode, we wouldn’t want leave you hanging on your morning commutes, or weekend walks in...

In episode 123 we head back to the Northwest of the USA, Portland Oregon to be precise to taste the Westward Single Malt American Whiskey. We’ve loved other examples of Single Malts from the region but how will this compare? We also have some fun facts about Portland, a heatwave whisky recommendation as well as an important announcement.

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We’re very lucky this week to be sampling another dram from Tasmania, in the form of the Fanny’s Bay Single Malt Whisky. Our first 100% Malted Barley example from the Australian island, so we’re very excited to see how it tastes and find out all about their story. We’re also joined by Jamie Ryder, a hospitality copywriter, whisky fan and fiction author who likes to combine drinks, pop culture and philosophy. He's the editor of Yama...

This week we’re heading back to Wales try the Aber Falls Single Malt Welsh Whisky. And not only that, to tell us all about this Whisky, the distillery and much more we welcome their Master Blender Kirstie McCallum onto the show. We also have a little look at how we’ve been scoring our our Whiskies so far, our consistency and Cricket… Yes, Cricket.

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How has it taken this long? If you’re a regular listener to the podcast then you’ll know about our love for this dram ever since we tried it as part of the “What’s in the Wood?” tasting set back at the 2020 Virtual Whisky Show… Well, it’s finally time to actually review and score the Westland American Oak, American Single Malt Whiskey. We know we love it, but can it take that top spot on our scoring league? Listen to find out.

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All the way back in episode 2 we first tried the standard Bulliet Bourbon, and it’s a brand we’ve grown to love, so combine that to our appreciation of Rye whiskey and we thought it was about time we gave their green labelled Straight American Rye Whiskey a go go… yep, this week its’s time for the Bulleit 95 Rye named for the percentage of Rye in it’s mash bill.

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This week we’re heading to the land of the rising sun, sampling The Matsui, Mizunara Cask, Single Malt Japanese Whisky from the Kurayoshi Distillery. Dave also fills us all in on his recent distillery visits on the Isle of Skye and elsewhere in the picturesque Scottish highlands.

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This week we welcome the Founders of the Circumstance Distillery, Danny Walker and Liam Hirt to talk about the road to producing various Circumstantial Grain Spirits as well the upcoming release of their first Whisky… and as well as many other things, they’ll also be talking about their green credentials, Circ Club and their new ‘Still in Cask’ endeavour, a fun and affordable way into shared cask ownership.

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This week we taste The Wiseman, Kentucky Straight Bourbon from Kentucky Owl, a blend of 4 Straight Bourbons. Yes… and, incase you’re worried we’ve been forgetting about ‘the things’, we research the full names of famous Al’s… oh yes! And it turns out Al Pachino’s full name isn’t Alan… Who knew?! Want to find out what it really is? Don’t google it… just listen to the podcast, you’ve already read this, so you’re invested now right!

This week we crack open the Cragganmore 12 Year Old, Single Malt Scotch Whisky…. the 2019 Special Release no less. Cragganmore aren’t known for smoky whisky so we thought we’d delve into the fascinating story behind this unusually peaty, cask strength expression from this Speyside Distillery.

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This week we crack into an 11 year old whisky originating from the Glentauchers Distillery in Speyside, bottled by Ooshkie, the same Indie Bottling team behind The Whisky Baron brand. We’ve loved what we tasted from them in the past, but how will this single cask, cask strength, 57.5% ABV whisky matured in first fill ex-boubon casks compare? We also ask the question… What’s an NFT?

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This week welcome back onto the show Matt McKay. A man with many roles including Director of Marketing and Communications at Bimber, writer on The Dramble blog and now Director of Whisky Creation and Outreach for the upcoming Dunphail Distillery in Speyside… We learnt so much from him and we hope you will as well. And we thought this was a perfect opportunity to taste the Bimber Klub 2nd Edition… Single Malt London Whisky finished ...

Did you know that the Bladnoch Distillery produce a whisky designed for cocktails? Well they make a few under the Pure Scot Blended Scotch label, and this week we’ll be tasting their ‘Signature’ bottling. A Lowland Scotch distillery owned by an Australian surfer/yoghurt tycoon with impressive environmental ethics certainly is an interesting recipe for a cracking origin story… so press play and enjoy.

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This week we head back over to the US of A to sample the Four Roses Single Barrel Kentucky Straight Bourbon… 100 Proof, high rye mashbill, mature Bourbon at a reasonable price? Sound too good to be true? Listen to find out. Dave also brings back an old segment where we round up some stories from the world of booze… what’s it called again? Find the full show notes for this episode at http://www.whiskyandthings.com

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In this week’s very special show we visit the East London Liquor Company, and talk to their founder Alex Wolpert. As well as hearing about their story, their operation and their spirits, with Earth Day last week, we’ll also be discussing the bold step the company has made to reduce their carbon footprint. We’ll also be sipping their London Wheat Whisky for our scoring league… It’s our first Wheat Whisky, so what did we think?

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This week we head way up North to Orkney, for an Island Single Malt Scotch from the Scapa Distillery in the form of the Skiren Single Malt Scotch Whisky. This Pernod Ricard distillery calls itself the Orcadian, but what does that mean? What does anything mean? Why are we here? What’s the meaning of life? Tune in to find out… maybe.

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This week we’re sampling a dram from the West coast of the USA, in the form of the Cherrywood Rye Whiskey from the Sonoma Distilling Company in California. Really interesting mash bill in this one including Malted Barley smoked by burning Cherrywood… hence the name. We also update you on our recent London outing as well as our position in a Whisky Podcast Chart… but where did we end up?

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This week we head to the Highlands to sample a key component in the Dewar's Blended Scotch… Aberfeldy 12 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky. Yep, it’s known as the Golden Dram, thanks to the special history of the land the distillery sits on… It also comes in a fancy Gold Bar tin! Remember those GOLD bar biscuits? How nice were those? They really were special… a real treat when someone offered you one of those… Mmmmmm, we should ge...

We’ve been featuring a few indie bottlers over the last few weeks, and we love them, so why not do another one? How about a bottling from Elixir Distillers ‘Single Malts of Scotland’ label? Oh yes, we’re tasting an 11 year old, 57.2% ABV, Single Cask offering from the Linkwood Distillery in Speyside. And not only that, we have an update on the issue you’re all want to know about… Did Nick get the Eagle Rare to fit on his shelf? Tun...