Caskheads

(And also Baseball)

Yeah it's a lot of B's in this episode, but hey that's the way the alphabet works.

In this episode we return to Bourbon, in particular a new distillery I have recently been trying which is Boulder distillery situated in Colorado.

We discuss their range of whiskies including the release we try, alongside a quick recap of the rules to Bourbon in particular and Luke is once again amazed to find out that Bottled In Bond can be abbreviated to BIB.

The whisk(e)y we try in this episode is Boulder BIB Bourbon.

I'd also like to thank the Vapor distillery for making this great whiskey.

For those who enjoy our caffeine addled minds' creations I should also mention we have a second podcast which is fictional (or is it?) named GNSradio where an infinitely shadowy mega corporation with seemingly limitless amounts of money close to hand moves into a small town and slowly takes over. If you think it sounds fun or just want to shut me up check it out check out GNSradio now wherever you get your podcasts from or check out the teasers on here. For any questions email us at: [email protected] And visit our website for more: caffeineaddledminds.co.uk

In this, our latest episode, we talk about the latest release from the Ardbeg distillery. Ardbeg heavy vapours, a truly paradoxical whisky for me, in that I love everything about this whisky including the fact that I don't like the taste of it. (Yeah I know it sounds weird). Luke comes up with some fascinating insights into how he believes the whisky industry is run, and I try to get to the truth of the matters: Like how according to Luke, Aniseed is Sherbet.

Finally we get to try Ardbeg Heavy Vapours.

I would also like to thank the fine folks at Ardbeg distillery for making this great whisky.

For those who enjoy our caffeine addled minds' creations I should also mention we have a second podcast which is fictional (or is it?) named GNSradio where an infinitely shadowy mega corporation with seemingly limitless amounts of money close to hand moves into a small town and slowly takes over. If you think it sounds fun or just want to shut me up check it out check out GNSradio now wherever you get your podcasts from or check out the teasers on here. For any questions email us at: [email protected] And visit our website for more: caffeineaddledminds.co.uk

Hello and welcome to the first ever episode of caskheads season 3. (I know, I'm impressed as well), anyway, in this episode we talk about Arran single malt whisky form the Lochranza distillery on the northern end of the Isle of Arran. We discuss their new range after the 25th anniversary shake up, we talk about their sister distillery on the southern end of the Island (Lagg), and we even try some Arran whisky. Well I do at least.

The whisky we try is one of Lochranza distillery's cask strength releases, Arran 1/4 cask, which is initially matured in first fill American oak casks before spending a further maturation in 125ltr Quater casks.

I would also like to thank the fine folks at Lochranza distillery for making this great whisky.

For those who enjoy our caffeine addled minds' creations I should also mention we have a second podcast which is fictional (or is it?) named GNSradio where an infinitely shadowy mega corporation with seemingly limitless amounts of money close to hand moves into a small town and slowly takes over. If you think it sounds fun or just want to shut me up check it out check out GNSradio now wherever you get your podcasts from or check out the teasers on here. For any questions email us at: [email protected] And visit our website for more: caffeineaddledminds.co.uk

Well we're here, we're on time and it's our birthday. Caskheads is 3 years old (and a day) when this episode dropped, which is great because if we were in Scotland, if we were a distilled malt spirit and if we had been made matured and bottled meeting SWA regulations, we'd be a whisky. In this episode we talk about Hazelburn which is a triple distilled release by the Springbank distillery in Campbeltown. We discuss the two most important events to have happened in 1997 (Sorry if you were born then, but I think we all agree it goes: Lost world Jurassic Park, then Hazelburn being released for the first time, after that fight amongst yourselves). This episode marks the end of season two for Caskheads but we will be back for season 3 soon.

Finally we review not one but two Hazelburn whiskies, the standard 10 year old release alongside the 2023 12 year old Oloroso sherry cask release and although I forgot to thank them in the episode, thank you to the Springbank distillery for making this whisky.

For those who enjoy our caffeine addled minds' creations I should also mention we have a second podcast which is fictional (or is it?) named GNSradio where an infinitely shadowy mega corporation with seemingly limitless amounts of money close to hand moves into a small town and slowly takes over. If you think it sounds fun or just want to shut me up check it out check out GNSradio now wherever you get your podcasts from or check out the teasers on here. For any questions email us at: [email protected] And visit our website for more: caffeineaddledminds.co.uk

Well we made it to February without forgetting to post an episode so here it is. 

In this episode we recap the Bruicladdich distillery on the isle of Islay, go down a rabbit hole for a while, talk about Hogshead casks and finally get to try a bottle of whisky I have been looking forward to for a while. Luke drops some caskwhisperer lore that stays in but some also remains for the bonus releases coming out soon.

We review a private bottling of 16 year old Bruicladdich whisky that has been matured in a 250ltr Sherry Hogshead, bottled for the Weedram whisky shop in Bakewell. 

 For those who enjoy our caffeine addled minds' creations I should also mention we have a second podcast which is fictional (or is it?) named GNSradio where an infinitely shadowy mega corporation with seemingly limitless amounts of money close to hand moves into a small town and slowly takes over. If you think it sounds fun or just want to shut me up check it out check out GNSradio now wherever you get your podcasts from or check out the teasers on here. For any questions email us at: [email protected] And visit our website for more: caffeineaddledminds.co.uk

Happy new year! It's 2023, which means I need to get something published or I won't have done anything this year. We talk about whisk(e)y for a change. However this time we focus on the Henstone distillery which is based in Shropshire, England. We look at their range of whiskies. Come up with a name for the initials of their bottler who shall forever be known as Ignacio Thealdrathorpe (to us at least). Oh and Luke reveals far too much about his inner catalogue of sweetshop flavours.

Finally we review two releases. The Henstone single malt, Ex-Bourbon cask and the Henstone Old Dog Liquor.

For those who enjoy our caffeine addled minds' creations I should also mention we have a second podcast which is fictional (or is it?) named GNSradio where an infinitely shadowy mega corporation with seemingly limitless amounts of money close to hand moves into a small town and slowly takes over. If you think it sounds fun or just want to shut me up check it out check out GNSradio now wherever you get your podcasts from or check out the teasers on here. For any questions email us at: [email protected] And visit our website for more: caffeineaddledminds.co.uk

Well we're here. It's December and that big day in so many people's lives is just around the corner... Our Episode release day obviously. yeah we like to keep you on your toes here at the Caffeine Addled Minds media Empire (Empire status Pending). Today's episode is all about Knockando distillery in Speyside, not to be confused with the Knockdhu distillery in the highlands which we covered a couple of episodes ago. We talk about whisky, we talk about Knockando and we even talk about Luke's niche facts that to be honest aren't facts as far as anyone other than Luke is concerned.

Finally we review Knockando 12 year old single malt.

For those who enjoy our caffeine addled minds' creations I should also mention we have a second podcast which is fictional (or is it?) named GNSradio where an infinitely shadowy mega corporation with seemingly limitless amounts of money close to hand moves into a small town and slowly takes over. If you think it sounds fun or just want to shut me up check it out check out GNSradio now wherever you get your podcasts from or check out the teasers on here. For any questions email us at: [email protected] And visit our website for more: caffeineaddledminds.co.uk

Hello and welcome back to Caskheads, a podcast for whisk(e)y about whisk(e)y. Today I have a guest co-host with me. We talk about whisky, but more precisely we talk about Mortlach, the distillery that distills 2.81 times, because why not? We also talk a little about the independent bottlers and owners of Edradour distillery, Signatory vintage. Alex asks some questions, some of them make it into the final cut and we even try a sample of Signatory Vintage un-chillfiltered Mortlach 2009.

To find out more about Alex's off podcast exploits check out his youtube channel.

For those who enjoy our caffeine addled minds' creations I should also mention we have a second podcast which is fictional (or is it?) named GNS where an infinitely shadowy mega corporation with seemingly limitless amounts of money close to hand moves into a small town and slowly takes over. If you think it sounds fun or just want to shut me up check it out check out GNSradio now wherever you get your podcasts from or check out the teasers on here. For any questions email us at: [email protected] And visit our website for more: caffeineaddledminds.co.uk

Hello and welcome back to Caskheads. Since we last recorded Luke and I actually managed to get up to Scotland and we made it to two distilleries. Find out about them, our trip and even (If you believe Luke) his encounter with Nessie. Now I know we've done a Tomatin episode before, but it has been a long time since then and this trip was Luke's first experience of a distillery so it went about as well as you can imagine. 

As if this wasn't already enough information to throw at you, we see just how many times we can shamelessly plug our projects, drop hints about our Instagram and even try a distillery exclusive bottling of Tomatin Virgin oak distilled back in 2014.

For those who enjoy our caffeine addled minds' creations I should also mention we have a second podcast which is fictional (or is it?) named GNS where an infinitely shadowy mega corporation with seemingly limitless amounts of money close to hand moves into a small town and slowly takes over. If you think it sounds fun or just want to shut me up check it out check out GNSradio now wherever you get your podcasts from or check out the teasers on here. For any questions email us at: [email protected] And visit our website for more: caffeineaddledminds.co.uk

Hello and welcome, welcome to our latest episode. We talk about the Knockdhu distillery in the Highlands of Scotland, not to be confused with Knocando distillery in Speyside, there's nothing wrong with them but it's not their episode.  Luke creates a theme song (for the wrong distillery). We talk about swamps, Alligators and mythical creatures who guard the distillery (in our minds at least). And Luke once again manages to break Jordan with his secret approach to Supermarket sweep. Finally we even talk about and taste the Ancoc 12 Single malt. 

For those who enjoy our caffeine addled minds' creations I should also mention we have a second podcast which is fictional (or is it?) named GNS where an infinitely shadowy mega corporation with seemingly limitless amounts of money close to hand moves into a small town and slowly takes over. If you think it sounds fun or just want to shut me up check it out check out GNSradio now wherever you get your podcasts from or check out the teasers on here. For any questions email us at: [email protected] And visit our website for more: caffeineaddledminds.co.uk