Our tasting panel gathered at Whisky Live New York for this month's episode. Hana Choi, Olaf Asprink, Susannah Skiver Barton, Angelo Veneziano, John Maxwell, and special guest Ian Chang of Taiwan's King Car Distillery tasted four whiskies from around the world: France's Brenne Estate Cask, Invergordon Batch One single grain Scotch from Master of Malt's "That Boutique-y Whisky Company", Balcones Fifth Anniversary Texas Straight Bourbon, and the Redbreast 12 Cask Strength from Ireland.

This month, we've brought together a panel of novice whisky tasters with more enthusiasm than experience and turned them loose on three very different whiskies. Jim McVeigh, Carolyn Strater, and Matthew Morlock tasted the Mellow Corn Straight Corn Whiskey from Kentucky, Suntory's Hibiki 12-year-old blended whisky from Japan, and the Highland Park 12-year-old single malt from Scotland.

Our panel gathered via Skype this month to taste a series of single malts. Evan Chapman, Edwin Vargas, Jennifer Chung, and Steve Gillette tasted the Glen Garioch 12, the Springbank 21, and Highland Park's 25-year-old.

This month, our tasting panel gathered at the Victoria Whisky Festival in Victoria, British Columbia. Hanna Raskin, Johanne McInnis, and Graham MacKenny tasted four whiskies that scored highly in the 2012 Canadian Whisky Awards: Century Reserve Lot 15/25, Gibson's Finest 12, Forty Creek Confederation Oak, and the Alberta Premium Dark Horse. 

With the holiday season at hand, this month's "Friends & Family" tasting panel of Mike McElligott, Jim Ely, and Jason Herceg tasted three high-end Blended Scotch whiskies that are popular as holiday gifts: Dewar's Signature, Johnnie Walker Blue Label, and Chivas Royal Salue 21.

Our panelists for this month's tasting gathered in the most remote location yet...the old gold mining town of Atlantic City, Wyoming...home of the Miner's Delight Inn and its Second Saturday Single Malt Tastings. Bob and Barbara Townsend of the Miner's Delight picked this month's whiskies from their selection at the Two-Bit Cowboy Saloon, and joined Robert and Tiffany Hall, John Mionczynski, Jeff Judkins, and Stephen Brutger to taste the Benromach 2001 Cask Strength, Arran's 1996 Single Sherry Cask, and the Glenmorangie 18.

Rye whiskies are hot, and this month's tasting panel of Marty Kari and Andy Smith from the Los Angeles Scotch Club and California whisky blogger Rob Gard sat down at Whisky Live Los Angeles to taste four Ryes: Temptation Rye, Hudson Manhattan Rye, Bulleit Rye, and the new George Dickel Rye. There's also a surprise that you'll need to listen for as well!

We return to Paris for another Virtual Tasting session at Whisky Live Paris, and this month's tasting panel includes Malt Maniacs Serge Valentin and Patrick de Schulthess, along with French whisky blogger Franck Debernardi. They tasted four new whiskies: Nikka's Coffey Grain Whisky, the latest edition of Compass Box's Flaming Heart, Glenfarclas 105 20-Year-Old, and Ardbeg Galileo.

Year #2 of WhiskyCast Virtual Tastings begins with three very familiar whiskies. Our tasting panel of Doug Stewart, Tim and Donna Tedesco, and Brianna Gillespie taste the Aberfeldy 12-year-old, Macallan 12, and the Glenlivet 18-year-old single malts. We also announce the winner of July's "Secret Word" contest, and there's a new "Secret Word" hidden somewhere in this episode. Find it, and you could win an exhibition print from the WhiskyCast Photo Gallery!

We're marking the end of the first year of WhiskyCast Virtual Tastings with four panelists from previous episodes. Sean Fousheé, Shelly Brisbin, Tim Davis, and Scott Rogers tasted three single malts: Suntory's Yamazaki 18-year-old, the Bunnahabhain Toiteach, and a "mystery malt" to be revealed at the end of the tasting.