Mon, 31 December 2012
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. |
Tue, 13 November 2012
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. |
Fri, 19 October 2012
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! |
Tue, 11 September 2012
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. |
Sat, 18 August 2012
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! |
Mon, 23 July 2012
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. |
Fri, 6 July 2012
The members of the "Barthenon" in Cherry Hill, New Jersey are on board for this month's tasting panel. Angelo Veneziano, Mike Farley, and Chris Eattock also write the blog "It's Just the Booze Dancing", and they tasted four whiskies for this episode: Dry Fly 100% Wheat Whiskey from Washington State, Ireland's Yellow Spot, Kilchoman's Machir Bay from Islay, and the Talisker 30 2011 Rare Malts release. |
Mon, 28 May 2012
This month, our tasting panel gathered at the home of WhiskyCast listener Christopher Winters in the Indianapolis suburbs. It's the first time we've recorded an episode at a listener's home. Christopher, Josh Scott, and Tom Helt tasted four whiskies from around the world: Ireland's Green Spot, the new Crown Royal XR Rare from Canada, Amrut Portonova from India, and the Ardbeg Day single malt from Scotland. |
Wed, 18 April 2012
Our tasting panel gathered at Whisky Live New York this month. Panelists Peter Silver, Neil Firetog, and Jake Pizzulo tasted the Bowmore 15, Old Pulteney 17, and Oban 18-year-old single malts from Scotland, along with the Four Roses 2012 Limited Edition Single Barrel Bourbon from Kentucky. |
Fri, 16 March 2012
This time around, we're on location at the Old Jameson Distillery in Dublin, Ireland, and our panel is made up of radio pros taking part in the annual Jameson Global Broadcast on St. Patrick's Day weekend. Paul Driscoll of WFNX in Boston, Randy Malloy of CD102.5 in Columbus, Ohio, and Colonel St. James of 93.7 The Arrow in Houston tasted four different Jameson expressions: Jameson, Jameson Select Reserve 12, Jameson Gold Reserve, and Jameson Limited Edition 18. |
Sun, 26 February 2012
Our panel tried three very different whiskies this month, as Mendy Berkowitz, Chip Burkhead of "The ScotchCast", and Kevin Dixler tasted the Kilchoman Spring 2011 Release from Islay, the Amrut Two Continents single malt from India, and The Glenrothes 1994 Vintage from Speyside. |
Sun, 22 January 2012
This month's tasting panel was recorded on location at the Victoria Whisky Festival in British Columbia, as Noel Buckley, Crystal Coverdale, Tony DeRamo, and Simon Seaton tasted the Glenmorangie Original, the Glenfarclas 17-year-old, and the Glenfiddich Rich Oak in front of a live audience. |