It's been a while since our last episode, but you'll understand why when you hear about everything that's been going on with us! Moving houses/countries, lots of travel... and cats*!

We chose a slightly unusual dram to taste, going back to France for a smaller distillery: Distillerie des Camisards. Small stills, chestnut casks, and a distinctive spirit - a lovely side of France to return to! Thanks to distiller Antoine for this sample (and the tour back in 2023!) You can read more about that visit on the EuroWhisky blog...

Of course, it was also time to play Mystery Reviews again, and to shout out Gospel in Melbourne!

Any ideas or questions, keep them coming on social media (@EuroWhisky / @Ripper_Whiskies) or via [email protected]

*Rest assured, cat photos will be made available on our social media

After the World Whisky Konferenz (Kempen) and Festival des Deutschen Whiskys (Schlitz) in April and May, we thought it was time to come back to German single malts! There's also some whisky news discussion and a look at the @VilniusWhiskyFestival , which Stuart visited as he settled into his new Lithuanian home.

Our tasting dram for this episode was also German - a @BoutiqueyWhisky bottling of @SailltMor single malt which @EuroWhisky and @Ripper_Whiskies both loved!

Other mentions in this ep:

- @NORDIK_Edelbrennerei

- Wilderness Whisky, Kaunas LT

- @Tecker_Spirits

- @KyroDistillery

- @StauningWhisky

- @StorkClubRyeWhiskey

- @Storgaard.Heather

- @CDNWhiskyProf

- @BrennereiHenrich

- @AlandDistillery

While Nordic whisky is something we've touched on a little, we never got the chance to learn so much about Norwegian whisky until we got to chat with Heather Storgaard!

While a little chat about Myken got swallowed by the techno-kraken, we still got a good discussion of Bivrost, whisky history, and how the Nordic whisky world is developing.

As always, check out more of our episodes if you enjoy this one, but also...

- @BivrostSpirits and @MykenDest for Norwegian whisky

- @RipperWhiskies for one co-host's drams

- @EuroWhisky for more European whisky content

- Thoughts and Q.s to [email protected]

Want more Heather? Check out @storgaard.heather on IG!

Heather Storgaard is a whisky writer based in Edinburgh, with experience in whisky auctions and a mentee of the OurWhisky Foundation. She works with whisky and related topics all over the North Sea world - Nordic languages, historical manuscripts, recent whisky news, and even an ode to Smørrebrød!

**This was also recorded just before the whole #RyeGate story really broke, otherwise we would have talked about that too!**

We've had a first Christmas episode, yeah... but what about Second Christmas episode?

Stuart & Harry just couldn't bear for the holidays to end so soon - so they're living in denial and releasing an end-of-year episode in January.

Sampling whisky from Germany's first whisky-makers Habbel, reading another mystery review, and answering a question from Ali Baxter: If you could build your own distillery from the best parts of all the others that exist, what would your ultimate distillery look like?

Many thanks again to sponsor Kyrö - and to any and all listeners! Keep your questions and feedback coming on social media (@EuroWhisky / @Ripper_Whiskies on Instagram) or by email at [email protected]

We had Whisky Sisters Jennifer Rose and Inka Larissa on to chat about matching our favourite gigs with drams, the Glasgow Whisky Festival, loves/hates in the whisky world, and of course, our new segment Mystery Reviews!

And we got to delve into Jen and Inka's shared whisky backstory, with over 70 episodes of a podcast which helped to inspire our own!

You can find more from them @whiskysisters.podcast on Instagram, on their website www.whiskysisterspodcast.com, or see more from Inka's drinks blog at www.onthesauceagain.com

Thanks again to both sisters for coming on, and a quick credit to the distilleries/bottlers mentioned in this month's episode:

- Kyro - our sponsor for this episode!

- Mosgaard

- Pradlo / Hammerhead Whisky

- Hammerschmiede / Elsburn

- Bunnahabhain

- Old Pulteney

- The Portuguese / Venakki

- Maison Lineti

- Glenkinchie

- Glasgow Distillery

- Teerenpeli

- Fragrant Drops

- Brave New Spirits

- Cley

- Waterford

- Tobermory

The march of SWE across the whisky world continues...

We talk OurWhisky mentorship, whisky journeys, and try some Stauning Rye whisky with this week's guest, Moa Reynolds. And Stuart invents a new game, 'Mystery Reviews', which we are DEFINITELY playing again

Hew new book, SCOTCH: The Balmoral Guide to Scottish Whisky (co-written with Ewan Cameron (@TheScotchCam)) is out now!

For more from Moa, see:

@PhotographyByMoaReynolds for Edinburgh-based, high quality photogrpahy (weddings included!)

@SwedishWhiskyGirl for all things whisky

@ScandinavianAbroad for knitting, dressmaking, travel, and more!

Swedish whiskies mentioned:

- Mackmyra (@mackmyrawhisky)

- Spirit of Hven (@spiritofhven)

- Norrtelje (@norrtaljebranneri)

- Stauning (@stauningwhisky)

Following up on last month's announcement that Swedish whisky giants Mackmyra were filing for bankruptcy, we take a look at what this might mean for the future of the whisky industry. Why is quality alone not enough, and what can other distilleries do to avoid going the same way?

This episode was sponsored by Kyrö Distillery - the same distillery we talk about at the start of this episode! The EuroWhisky blog now has an article all about the distillery visit and Kyrofest, so check it out to learn more about them!

Other distilleries mentioned:

- Kings County

- High Coast

- Old Well

- Port of Leith

"The first thing you should know about SWE is that we have people *everywhere*..."

This week's guest, Nicola Dolan (of SMWS Queen Street) talks about her journey into whisky, shares her Desert Island Drams, and reviews a selection of European drams from Belgium (Radermacher / Lambertus), Germany (Slyrs, Scheibel Mühle, Eifel), and the Netherlands (Cley, Zuidam / Millstone)

Harry & Stuart also review Cornish single malt from Rosemullion Distillery and briefly turn the podcast into a Black Sails discussion. Anyone wanna join us for another podcast, Shanties & Shandies?

Thanks to this episode's sponsor, Kyrö! I'll be at the distillery later this week for the annual Kyrö day too, so see you there if you're attending!

Distilleries mentioned:

Our first guest - its Ian Clement! A new distiller at Holyrood and former tour guide we know from the S.W.E. trenches, Ian brings his perspective and, you know, *actual distilling knowledge* to the EuroWhisky Podcast!

We also try a dram from Radermacher Distillery, the beautiful 'odd one out' of Belgian whisky makers. Have you ever had a chance to try single malts from this Ardennes distillery, founded in 1836?

Thanks to @ianclem for coming on the show! You can find more about the whisky he has a hand in at @holyrooddistillery, or the dram we tasted @distillerie.radermacher. And especially thanks to @KyroDistillery for sponsoring our show!

Any questions about the episode, the whisky, or Ian? Let us know, send us a message @EuroWhisky , @RipperWhiskies, or [email protected]

We're back with the first episode of Season 2 - its Harry Brennan and Stuart Ripper chatting about European whiskies. We're catching up on what we've missed, and looking into the first whisky makers in each country around Europe!

It's good to be back - let us know if there's any questions or comments you'd like us to respond to on air. You can find us @eurowhisky, @ripperwhiskies, or [email protected]

Thank you to our sponsor for this episode, Fary Lochan!