Whisky Stories Podcast

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.

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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

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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

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If there's one episode Angus is going to be gutted to miss, it's this one.

Jake Adcook didn't start his whisky journey until Covid hit, since then he's become one of a team of 3 who craft, create and blend whisky for Ian Macleod Distillers.

And as Jake put it himself, he has the best job in the world.

Sampling and tasing whisky every day must be a good way to make a living.

Jake has some great chat and also brought in some incredible samples for us to try.

Another great night recording and enjoying some drams.

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This was a belter of an episode to record.

This episode could have gone on and on and on with all the great whisky chat we had with Peter from Woven.

Is there a better job than tasting and blending whisky to make unique and yummy flavours?

That's what Peter does as one of the founders of Woven.

Being able to craft flavours from a huge diverse range of whisky is a real skill and the whisky that Woven produce speaks for itself.

As well as this we welcomed Ross back and gave him his wedding gift as part of the challenge we were set by Duggie from Royal Mile Whiskies and we also tried a new feature called 'Sniff it, Sip it Score it - 60 second whisky reviews'... It's a work in progress.

Enjoy

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This was an epic episode to record.

On Sunday, Angus, Vikki and I were treated to the final day of the Whisky Fringe Festival in Edinburgh thanks to our good friends Royal Mile Whiskies.

We got early access to the venue and a chance to chat to exhibitors and some pod pals who were there enjoying the amazing whiskies on offer.

We had so much fun and were out to the test by Duggie Liddle at the end of the show for a special challenge for our wee pal Ross Barr who's still over in the States.

Thanks to everyone for giving us the time and their drams.

Enjoy

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Congratulations to Ross for marrying his new current wife over in the States today as this episode has been released.

To celebrate the special occasion, Angus and I got together some of our previous guests to enjoy a dram or two and share some Ross Bar Whisky Stories.

Enjoy...

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Team Slanj aka Graeme and Serena don't do things by half measures.

After getting into whisky, there's only one thing for it, to start your own whisky festival.

And 5 years on from their first ever Clackmannanshire Whisky Festival, they are now running 2 each year - Clackmannanshire and Edinburgh Whisky Festival.

To have the drive and courage to go all out and put together a festival takes a lot of hard work and a strong team and that's exactly what Graeme and Serena are.

Not only did they bring some great chat, but they also brought us some free merchandise!!

Another great episode with loads of laughs in the Kilderkin pub.

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Vikki has listened to every podcast episode and was even there when Graeme lost his whisky tasting host virginity.

Having fallen in love with whisky and decided that she wanted to work in the industry, Vikki set out to learn as much as she could and is now Distillery Ambassador at the re-opened Rosebank Distillery in Falkirk.

This was a great laugh and included a lot of Glengoyne White Oak chat as well as an interesting tasting from Greame's infinity cask and some Rosebank new make.

Enjoy!

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James and Jamie have been old pals for years and having worked and lived together throughout their friendship, they are now co-owners of Blind Summit Whisky.

Both James and Jamie have shard a passion for whisky and worked within the industry in many different roles and positions.

Like a well balanced blend, the pair compliment each other brilliantly with their knowledge, expertise and experiences.

Jamie has spent a large part of his career in the sales and trade part of the industry while James has spent time understanding flavours and production.

Jamie is currently working for the Cork and Cask shop in Edinburgh and Jamie runs the Lowland Bond in Fife which is owned by Edinburgh Whisky.

This was good fun to hear how the guys got to know each other and start their own independent bottling.

Enjoy

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