Dramface Podcast

New Kids on the Block

New is the topic for this session. New distilleries, sure, but also new whiskies, new make and even how the word ‘new’ should actually be pronounced.

We cover environment and time and also wonder why Gordon can’t taste effervescence. Yet.

The Whisky Roads Less Travelled.

An eclectic discussion around trips and travels in the pursuit of whisky.

Gordon shares tales of sailing to Campbeltown while Roy heads there for the festival. All the while we share takes on dog training, island life and mixing our whiskies.

To Buy Or Not To Buy

As the team find it more and more difficult to successfully find an evening where they’re all available, we’re eeking things out. We know we could do with sharing more of these, we hope you’ll accept some rather than none. We will try harder though, we really do enjoy it..

In this session we witness Roy’s red-faced inability to find the mute button as he lets his inner demon out, before venturing into chats about different kinds of sherry maturation, buying habits and palate progression. Gordon, after his record-breaking win last time, hosts the I Am A Distillery.

New face and new voices. And new games.

A bit late...

Of course there’s a huge apology due on this one because it was recorded way back after the Easter break. This means it’s the longest to-edit Dramface podcast yet. However, that record will only stand for a week or so, since we recorded Twenty Eight at the same time and it’s still being edited now.

We hope it’s worth the wait.

With the help of the amazing Gus, we cover chocolate malt, blind tasting and where those lactic notes come from. Before we diverge into wood types and maturation, Gregor pulls out a new game he came up with in collaboration with Jenny. We round out with much cheatery in I Am A Distillery.

The Dramface Strikes Back. Again.

Covering all the topics we didn’t get to during Podcast Twenty Five.

Gregor asks the teams for some “drams of note” that we’ve encountered since we wrapped season two. From there we wander into The Jura Problem, the delightful surprises of the Dramface Top 40 and the sadness at the loss of Malt Review, before rounding off with another community-sourced IAAD.

See you back in a couple of weeks!

Gregor & The Team

The Dramface Strikes Back.

Self indulgence.

Well, a little self-indulgent. But these are mostly always just us hanging out and talking whisky and our own whisky lives, so they’re always a little indulgent. You don’t seem to mind.

We finally got to grips with where all the buttons were and hit record in time to hear some impromptu McWee karaoke before getting right into an XXL version of what was in our glasses.

This takes so long that we run out of time to cover our “drams of note” and “state of Dramface” segments which we push out to next time. Instead, we run through our highlights of whisky happenings since we lat powered up the mics, so planty more self-indulgence then. All-in-all a nice time was had.

We hope it’s okay for you too.

See you back in a couple of weeks.

Gregor & The Team

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Music credit: That First Dram by Tom Good

Season finale. Dramface Fantasy Distillery Brackets & More.

Pick your top five, then a reserve five. Think you can keep ‘em?

Look, you’re not gonna hear from us for a while, so we left a lot in this one. More than usual? Yeah. Too much? Probably.

But we enjoyed the topics and thought you might too. We start off on annunciation and pronunciation before discussing what colour we taste in whisky. Gregor digs up some gold form Jen and Rachel on retail trends before there’s some disagreement on opening minds as people explore whisky.

All of this via chats around all whiskies ,whether planted or unpleated, before getting into an intensely fought battle for our five fantasy distilleries. If you want to play along, make your list of five plus five reserves, choose one or two players to go up against and see how many of yours stay intact.

You can see the results of the brackets below; one of the team clearly kicked it out of the park, but we’ll leave you guessing who while you listen along.

Of course, we round out with yet another I Am A Distillery, and it’s another geeky one.

Almost a Podcast.

Gregor wanted to ask us about our Almost a great whisky possibilities. You know, those releases, whiskie sor distilleries that could, with a wee bit of effort, be so much more enjoyed - even if it’s from the perspective of enthusiasts.

On the way there we enjoy Jen’s recipe for Jalapeño syrup, tales form Rachel about how the 1700’s propaganda blighted gin, preparing for festivals and teasing the brackets challenge for our next and final episode (for this season!).

So sit back, pour a dram and listen to us adjust our tighteny bits, brush away our furry things and toggle our floppy stuff.

Of course, we round out with yet another I Am A Distillery, and this one’s for the real geeks.

Strap in for the brackets in the final episode next time, list your own top 5 and play along. Remember to include one world whisky distillery.

The Cheesy Wan.

Or - Noobs Attempt Whisky and Cheese.

The team try their best to gather similar whiskies and similar cheese, but of course don’t quite get it right. Scatter-gunning the pairings, they work out there’s an art to things and while some pairings hit, others miss. Hard.

This is a self-indulgent podcast but we hope you find it as laid back and easy as we did recording it; a relaxed Friday night in, late-night vibe. With cheese.

So, as long as you’re not put off by chewing and lip-smacking, kick back with a cheese and whisky of your choosing and listen to Gregor admitting he gets the cheese sweats, Scott justifying never eating cheese after midnight and a general lack of cheese and whisky pairing skill.

We round out with Gordon’s I Am A Distillery.

Gregor & The Team

The cheese selections:

The Whisky selection:

This was released during the Dramface holiday break, and therefor the only pod not to be released early to Dramface Members first. Back to early access for the last two of the season following this.Thank you for your support!

Already a Dramface Member? Invite yourself into the podcast with the Dramophone and you could feature in a future podcast.

Music credit: That First Dram by Tom Good

The Twenty wan before the cheesy wan.

The prospect of cheese made some of us nervous.

It’s not a secret that these sessions are recorded in twos. This session is the one before the cheese pairing and most of us were already sat in front of cheese boards. Gregor insisted we wait. Therefore, this was recorded with the stench of all sorts of cheeses filling the air, and we couldn’t eat ‘em. That’s our excuse.

Gregor distracted us by discussing bottles that we should be grabbing now, before they’re gone. We then wandered into price versus age, Gordon’s insightful and revealing trip to Campbeltown and Roy’s magical trip up the Ardnamurchan peninsula.

We round out with yet another remarkable I Am A Distillery.

Gregor & The Team

This was released early to Dramface members, thank you for your support!

Music credit: That First Dram by Tom Good