Whisky Stories Podcast

Chuck has become a well known trope on the podcast for his unique (wanky) tasting notes, his unknown whereabouts, and Big Cam having to tell him to call his mum through the podcast. But he's back in Edinburgh and who knows for how long. This was an incredible episode to record. His stories mixed with his whisky knowledge was great to listen to. I think this will be our longest episode so far, but it's well worth a listen. Enjoy!

Back by popular demand we had our second Indy Bottler Spotlight with Ola and Ryan from Tri Carragh. A great bunch of whisky fans squeezed into the snug in Diggers to listen to us and enjoy some amazing drams presented by Ola and Ryan from their Tri Carragh brand. And what a lineup it was!We were treated to some great whisky which has been so popular that it's now all sold out as well as award nominated liquid. 🥃 North British 33 YO 🥃 Glen Garioch 11 YO 🥃Aultmore 16 YO🥃 Macduff 13 YO🥃 Ardmore 17 YO It was a great laugh and we loved hearing how it all started for Ola and Ryan and their journey into whisky. Enjoy

Paul didn't start his career in whisky as a Brand Ambassador until he'd retired from his first career in the police. Despite only working in whisky for the last 3 years, he's been a whisky geek since the early 90's and travelled around the countries visiting distilleries = long before Ross was just a twinkle in his fathers eye.Starting out as delivering small private tastings for friends and charity occasions, Paul went from attending Hunter Laing tasting events to delivering and hosting them. From there, he is now representing Hunter Laing and their exciting new distillery Ardnahoe at trade events and whisky shows all over Europe. Paul has been part of the Ardnahoe story from the very beginning and was kind enough to bring in some great drams for us to enjoy during and after this really fun recording. Paul reached out as a keen listener to the podcast on Instagram and was kind enough to travel through from Glasgow to do this recording. It was great to hear about his story and the work that he's doing. Enjoy

One day Ben decided he wanted to work in whisky. And six years later, he is the Global Brand Ambassador for Annandale Distillery. Ben knows absolutely everything there is to know about the distillery having worked through the ranks as a tour guide. Annandale are a very unique distillery who have been producing since 2014. What makes them more different from the rest is that all of their releases are single cask. Ben has some great stories to tell from his journey in whisky with the distillery and gave us so much insight and information on all the really cool things happening down in Annan at the distillery. Enjoy.

Justine went from teaching French in high school to delivering tastings, tours and co-founding the amazing Fife Whisky Festival. In this episode we talk about absolutely everything from the huge role Leith played in the Scotch Whisky Industry, the work Justine putting into her book on the infamous Pattison Brothers and how she came about co-founding the Fife Whisky Festival and all the amazing stories and lessons that she's picked up on the way. As ever, this was another great laugh to record with loads of interesting and funny stories and Graeme's new 'dad jokes'... Enjoy

When we came up with the idea of doing a live podcast recording, we had no idea how it would work. When we came up with the concept of bringing in Independent Bottlers, we thought it would be something new and different to try.We were worried that it would descend into chaos and we weren't wrong. But what a great night we had at the Kilderkin with Woody and Megan from Woodrow's of Edinburgh taking us through an incredible lineup in front of a 'live studio audience' of 20 guests. It was a good laugh and something we want to do more of. Thanks to everyone for coming along and thanks to Woodrow's of Edinburgh for providing us with some amazing whisky. 🥃 The Blend🥃 Longmorn 14🥃 Mortlach 10🥃 Teaninich 10🥃 Strathmill 33🥃 Inchfad 5